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Employers may soon be able to submit Component 2 data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC recently submitted a court-ordered status update regarding the collection of Component 2 data, which includes data related to pay...By: Faegre Baker Daniels

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Nissan and Renault agree to resolve corp governance dispute. (WSJ) • Swedebank suspends Estonian unit CEO and CFO. (New York Times) • Deutsche Bank may face criminal investigation for AML lapses. (NYT)...By: Thomas Fox

These days, companies conducting background checks on job applicants have a lot to think about. Most companies are aware of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and FCRA’s various state analogs. FCRA, one of a number of federal statutes concerning...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Pro Te: Solutio returns for its second edition of 2019. As the year grinds on, our attorneys at Butler Snow are taking proactive and creative steps to confront and solve the issues that affect our areas of practice. The first article is A New Look...By: Butler Snow LLP

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In...By: Fisher Phillips

The wait is over. Earlier today, June 18, 2019 (and earlier than the July 1, 2019 due date), the Department of Family and Medical Leave (the Department) issued much-anticipated final regulations for the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

The District of Utah ruled in late May that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §230 (“CDA”) shields The Tor Project, Inc. (“Tor”), the organization responsible for maintaining the Tor Browser, from claims for strict product...By: Proskauer - New Media & Technology

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) approved a new regulation exempting coffee from Proposition 65 warnings earlier this month. The rule states that: “[e]xposures to chemicals in coffee, listed on or before March 15,...By: Perkins Coie

Oregon’s Legislature just enacted the most significant legislation for Oregon employers in years. The new Workplace Fairness Act has been hailed as a #MeToo law and seems intended to curb incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace, but its reach...By: Stoel Rives - World of Employment

We’ve posted on this topic several times before but the battle between independent contractors and employees continues. Here’s a brief refresher on the basics of why proper classification of employees as independent contractors or employees matters:...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP