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Absent a special session or court challenge, which are now unlikely, employers with Dallas or San Antonio employees are about to face an entirely new framework for handling sick leave beginning on August 1, 2019. This alert sets forth the new law...By: Gray Reed & McGraw

Employers consider many factors when choosing whether to challenge investigatory subpoenas. They now have an additional consideration: whether a court might grant the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) more time to issue a citation...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The trend of increased legislation, regulation, and corporate initiatives focused on identifying and correcting pay disparities in the workplace has continued to grow. In this episode, Liz Washko discusses recent developments related to pay equity,...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Running a restaurant is hard. It’s long hours, short tempers and fickle customers. But add in those wage & hour laws? What a headache. And there are lawyers out there who know it. In fact, there are some that rest their business model on seeking...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Maintenance Company Fired or Failed to Rehire Older Workers, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. - Liberty Support Services, Inc. (Liberty Support), a North Carolina corporation that maintains rest areas through contracts with the North Carolina...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

To address national security interests and prevent the unauthorized transfer of scientific and technical information to certain foreign entities, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. 486.1 on June 7....By: Morgan Lewis

On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court — in a 6 to 3 decision — held that a seaman may not recover punitive damages on a claim of vessel unseaworthiness. In Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, the Supreme Court previously recognized that punitive damages...By: Cozen O'Connor

This week, the United States Supreme Court released its landmark opinion in Dutra Group v. Batterton, Dkt. No. 18-266 (June 24, 2019), resolving the question of whether punitive damages may be awarded to a Jones Act seaman in a personal injury...By: Lane Powell PC

In Pennsylvania, the Workers’ Compensation Act is considered a remedial act that is to be liberally construed in favor of an injured worker.  Therefore, it is often difficult for an employer to prevail in terminating benefits based upon a full...By: Chartwell Law

The 2019 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on June 5, 2019. In light of the passage of several bills of great import (e.g., paid family and medical leave – along with other changes to the state’s FMLA, measures addressing...By: Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and