Legal News

Data security and privacy concerns have become one of the top issues keeping business leaders up at night. According to the Ponemon Institute’s 2018 study regarding the cost of data breaches, data breaches are increasingly costly and result in more...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

North Carolina’s Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA) prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against employees on the basis of workers’ compensation, OSHA, wage and hour, and other state labor law complaints. Like Title VII...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The Texas Workforce Commission (“TWC”), the agency responsible for administering unemployment benefits and assessing unemployment taxes, recently adopted a rule (“Rule”) pursuant to which certain workers who provide services through app-based...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a June 20th news release stating that it cited Ohio Gratings, Inc. (“OGI”) for alleged violations. OGI is described as a manufacturer of aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon products...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Amendments to Concept of Industrial Accidents to Cover “Temporary” Injuries - New Legislation Enacted - The Danish Parliament recently amended the Danish Workers’ Compensation Act for the purpose of, among other things, easing the requirements for...By: Littler

Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session. HEADLINES - • Negotiators are seeking to wrap up an agreement on raising the debt limit and budget caps, with the House in its final week before a six-week...By: BakerHostetler

A hot-button issue in California is whether an employer is required to pay for or reimburse an employee for shoes that are required as a condition of employment. A recent ruling by the California Court of Appeal highlights the complexity of the issue...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Acosta Exits, Scalia Enters. July 19, 2019, was Alexander Acosta’s last day as secretary of labor. Acosta was sworn in on April 28, 2017, and proceeded to lead the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for over two years. Acosta’s departure comes at a...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The California Legislature is currently working on new laws that will go into effect next year.  Indeed, Governor Newsom has already begun to sign some legislation into law (see, for example, the CROWN Act)....By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

In a 30-page opinion originally filed July 3, and certified for publication on July 18, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying a writ petition challenging, on zoning law and CEQA grounds, the City of...By: Miller Starr Regalia