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As employers are well aware, the pay and hours worked data component of the EEO-1 (known as “Component 2”) is, due to a court ruling, now in effect, and employers have until September 30 to submit 2017 and 2018 Component 2 data to the EEOC. ...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

In a recent decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the seller in a merger could enforce a provision in the merger agreement protecting its privilege over premerger emails with its counsel. Although pursuant to Section 259 of the Delaware...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

New York State’s deadline for training employees on preventing sexual harassment and discrimination is less than 75 days away. You must train all New York employees by October 9, 2019, regardless of the size of your New York workforce. Employees...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Interpreting California Labor Code Section 2802, an appellate panel in the state ruled that an employer was not required to reimburse its employees for the cost of slip-resistant shoes....By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

If an employee is fired for just cause are they entitled to their performance bonus for the months worked in that year? Most employers probably expect that the answer is no. However, in Master Schulz’s recent decision in Grainger v. Pentagon Farm...By: Field Law

This month, New Jersey has expanded the state’s medical marijuana law and limited employers’ ability to inquire about job applicants’ salary history. Employers should review these new laws and ensure compliance, including reviewing their drug...By: Morgan Lewis

California is expanding state benefits available to workers who lose wages while taking time off to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a new child. On June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s 2019-20 state budget,...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Scotch Jedi: American Whiskey Isn’t Going Down Smooth - Global whiskey association suit is inspired in part by one nerd’s work - The Way We Were - Time was, excessive enthusiasm for Star Wars, Middle Earth and other invented worlds was the demesne...By: BakerHostetler

When a contractor delivers goods to the government that do not conform to the precise requirements of the contract, the results are usually . . . not good. When the agency specifies certain products in the contract, the contractor should plan to...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

A recent decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court of Massachusetts, emphasizes the dangers to employers of taking employment actions based on outrage rather than reason....By: Baker Donelson