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The annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published and will take effect in April 2020. An Order laid before Parliament will increase the maximum compensation which can be awarded by the...By: Dechert LLP

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a news alert yesterday addressing the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act on employers’ responses to a potential pandemic involving...By: Franczek P.C.

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads to countries around the world, employers are developing policies and strategies to address issues associated with employees 1) who have traveled to heavily impacted areas or who might otherwise have been exposed...By: Holland & Knight LLP

Some are old, and some are new. Some are "red," and some are "blue." President Trump has announced his nominations for three seats on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and two seats on the National Labor Relations Board. EEOC- The...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On February 17, 2017, D.C. passed the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016. Beginning July 1, 2020, the law provides the following government-administered paid leave to D.C. employees: 1. Up to 8 weeks per year to bond with a new child. 2. Up...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The United States Supreme Court unanimously decided last week that a plan participant who received written disclosures about the plan’s investments, but does not remember reading them, does not necessarily have “actual knowledge” of the content of...By: Verrill

In yet another development in the closely watched case of Rizo v. Yovino, the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled that employers may not defeat a plaintiff’s prima facie case under the Equal Pay Act (EPA) by arguing prior pay is a “factor other than sex”...By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

It’s been awhile since we’ve addressed attempts at bringing class action disability claims (September 27, 2013 and March 6, 2014), but as we’ve noted in the past, they make poor candidates for class action treatment....By: BakerHostetler

Pepper Hamilton partner Paul L. Porretta and Troutman Sanders partner Mamta K. Shah recently hosted a webinar to discuss the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, better known as the SECURE Act, which became law on...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Pepper Hamilton partner Paul L. Porretta and Troutman Sanders partner Mamta K. Shah recently hosted a webinar to discuss the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, better known as the SECURE Act, which became law on...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP