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With the passage of AB 51, which we discussed in yesterday’s post, it’s understandable for employers and HR professionals to be asking if mandatory workplace arbitration still makes sense. After all, according to the new bill set to take effect on...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Partner Deanna Forbush of our Labor & Employment Practice Group recently secured a victory in the Nevada Supreme Court on a matter of first impression that will benefit all employers by establishing a two-year statute of limitations for wrongful...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On October 10, 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) into law, prohibiting employers from requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

I have defended many claims and lawsuits involving working time, especially travel time. Employees are continually seeking innovative ways to convert their otherwise non-compensable home-to-work travel into compensable work hours. These efforts...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule to allow employers who do not take a tip credit to establish “nontraditional” tip pools that include back-of-the-house employees and others who are not traditionally tipped. Other proposed...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

I admit I was among the scores of franchise lawyers whose blood pressure skyrocketed with passage of California’s AB 5. If a Franchise Agreement establishes an independent contractor relationship between franchisor and franchisee, will the A-B-C test...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

In Salazar v. McDonald’s Corp., the plaintiff argued that McDonald’s, a franchisor of fast food restaurants, was liable for wage and hour violations as a “joint employer” of its franchisees’ employees. Last week, a panel of the federal Ninth Circuit...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

As we previously reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the EEOC collect two years of EEO-1 Component 2 pay data by September 30, 2019. Per the court’s order, the EEOC’s data collection obligation would not be...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Minnesota employers working to comply with the recently enacted Minnesota Wage Theft Law should be aware of its recently passed Minneapolis counterpart: the Minneapolis Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance, which applies to employers with employees who...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Employees of cannabis companies have the same rights as workers who are employed by any other entity. A California cannabis company knowingly withheld wages, meal breaks and rest periods from its employees, according to a lawsuit filed by a former...By: Fox Rothschild LLP