Legal News

The Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 (Bill 132) was introduced in the Ontario legislature last week. If passed, Bill 132 will make certain amendments to the Pension Benefits Act (PBA), as summarized below. Certain provisions are to...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

This month's Friday Five covers cases relating to the standard for triggering an administrative appeal, exemptions to the exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement of ERISA, artful pleading in an attempt to avoid ERISA preemption, the scope...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 10 signed into law Assembly Bill 51. The new law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, outlaws forced arbitration of a significant majority of claims employees and former employees can bring against their...By: Fenwick & West LLP

The City of Oakland spent the last four years developing the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan to address growth and revitalization of the downtown area over the next 20 years and to ensure that development takes into consideration the broad needs of...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

UK employers should proceed with caution when suspending employees, and always consider carefully whether taking such action is appropriate in the circumstances, as highlighted by the recent case in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) of...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

In both the Commonwealth and New England — and, indeed, the country — these are exciting times for the cannabis industry. As a consensus on the topic of legalization continues to build, technology and banking, specifically, are unlocking doors that...By: Burns & Levinson LLP

Tom Teacher has long been employed by the Nutmeg Board of Education. He has been a pain in the neck in recent years, complaining whenever he can about the “low salaries and lower respect” that he claims that Nutmeg teachers receive from the community...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

As noted previously in EmployNews, Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act protects concerted activity by employees who complain about terms and conditions of employment. Obviously, email and social media did not exist when the NLRA was...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in the health care industry—and in particular health care within the university academic setting—are consistently some of the most-frequent targets for equal pay lawsuits. A series of cases decided in 2019 reveal...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On October 22, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations providing guidance for retirement plan administrators using electronic delivery for required disclosures, including a new safe harbor....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP