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Under current Ohio law, requiring an employee to submit a urine sample for drug testing does not violate the employee’s right of privacy. However, on January 28, 2020, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral argument regarding whether a certain method...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Murphy signed 153 bills into law on January 20, 2020, including six (6) that increase enforcement mechanisms for state agencies to impose certain penalties against employers who misclassify workers as independent...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

In Project Surveillance, Inc. v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, No. 4:19-CV-03324, 2020 WL 292247 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2020), a Texas federal court held that a professional services exclusion in a commercial general liability policy precluded...By: Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Two years after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the most significant tax reform enacted in a generation, taxpayers continue to encounter substantial uncertainty arising from interpretations of new statutory provisions, reinforcing...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Last week, I covered some of the basics to think about as the coronavirus continues to spread. Jon Hyman has a post today about whether the ADA might apply to the situation. But in Connecticut, there’s another case that employers ought to be...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

The term “joint employer” is often one of grave concern to employers. When, for example, Company A hires Company B, an outside cleaning service, to clean Company A’s offices, both companies may be held by a court or administrative agency to be a...By: White and Williams LLP

The general election in the United Kingdom took place on December 12, 2019, and resulted in a landslide majority of 80 seats for Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party. The principal consequence of the election is that, three years after the...By: Locke Lord LLP

2019 saw courts issue several significant decisions that have implications for employers nationwide who rely on arbitration agreements with their workforce. The nation’s highest court decided a trio of cases in the first quarter involving the...By: Locke Lord LLP

The City of Dallas Earned Paid Sick Time Ordinance (the “Dallas Ordinance”) went into effect on August 1, 2019 for employers with six (6) or more employees. To allow employers time to become compliant with the Dallas Ordinance, the City of Dallas...By: Locke Lord LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2020 increases to MSHA civil penalties. The DOL has finalized the 2020 inflation adjustments, which will nudge the penalties up 1.764%.  85 Fed. Reg. 2292 (Jan. 15, 2020)....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP