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With the potential to positively impact almost 300,000 Indian nationals living in the U.S. who are waiting for green cards (and to a somewhat lesser extent, Chinese nationals who are also waiting for green cards), the U.S. House of Representatives...By: Williams Mullen

As we alerted you in April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) extended the deadline for its new pay data reporting requirement from May 31, 2019 to September 30, 2019. As a reminder, this new requirement mandates that, as part of...By: WilmerHale

Key Takeaways - - The proposed £183 million and £99.2 million fines against British Airways and Marriott, respectively, by the UK’s ICO emphasise: - The need for companies to maintain appropriate data protection practices for personal data under...By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The recent antitrust attacks on no-poach clauses encourage insomnia among franchise lawyers. But is the attack serious or just a flash in the pan, soon to be extinguished? The insomnia began in the tech industry, where front-line players with huge...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

As 2019 wears on, New York has continued to churn out new employment laws and regulations that appear to be pro-employee. From the latest state legislative push to the workings of the New York City Council, here are the nuts and bolts of 11...By: Cozen O'Connor

In Townley v. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., a California Court of Appeal ruled that California’s business expense reimbursement law does not require an employer to reimburse its employees for the cost of slip-resistant shoes because the shoes did not...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Most employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. However, minor injuries requiring only “first aid” generally do not need to be recorded. OSHA’s definition of “first aid” is a...By: Cozen O'Connor

New Jersey has provided job protections to medical marijuana users and created new drug testing procedures under new law signed by Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019, that took effect upon signing. The new law also changes the name of the New...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session. HEADLINES - • The House will vote to hold in contempt Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and will also vote on raising the federal...By: BakerHostetler

This month marks the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This monumental legislation, which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, changed the course of history with its sweeping ban on employment...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,