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Seyfarth Synopsis: Google’s recent travails with simultaneous traditional and “reverse” discrimination claims signal a new era of dynamic employment discrimination risk. Employers will be wise to consider the push and pull legal effect of diversity...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Why This Matters - Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Fort Bend County v. Davis. The message received loud and clear for employers is that timing is everything when it comes to discrimination cases and the use of...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

The EEOC has been no stranger to headlines in recent months, particularly on the issue of equal pay. As we recently reported, the EEOC’s long-dormant pay data collection rule, revived by the D.C. District Court in March, has caused an uproar of...By: Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse

Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, bringing you up to spee?d on the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of occupational pensions. Please see full publication below for more information....By: Allen & Overy LLP

On June 24, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Dutra Group v. Batterton, No. 18-266, holding that a plaintiff may not recover punitive damages on a claim of unseaworthiness. Christopher Batterton worked as a deckhand and crew member on...By: Faegre Baker Daniels

In the final days of its 2019 Session, the New York State Legislature passed three bills that, respectively, will bar employers from inquiring about applicants’ past salary history, prohibit wage differentials based on protected class status, and ban...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Dallas has become the third city in Texas, following Austin and San Antonio, to pass a city ordinance requiring private-sector employers to offer paid sick leave to their employees. The ordinances have yet to be implemented in any of these cities....By: BakerHostetler

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Devil in the Dark which aired on March 9, 1967, Star Date 3196.1. Compliance Takeaways: 1. What is your root cause analysis? 2. Have you analyzed your internal controls from...By: Thomas Fox

The New Jersey minimum wage will increase to $10.00 per hour for many employees in the state on July 1, 2019.  Thereafter, on January 1 of each year, the minimum wage will increase by another $1.00 per hour, until it ultimately reaches $15.00 per...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In this episode of the Innovation in Compliance Podcast, I have a discussion about data security for smaller companies with the president of Choose Networks: Chris Hoose. Choose Networks is described on its website as Chris Hoose’s youngest child -...By: Thomas Fox