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Two important employment-related bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives of Arizona’s legislature. The first, HB2116, would make bereavement leave for the death of a child mandatory for any employers that are already subject to the...By: Snell & Wilmer

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Fiduciary Breach - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled in Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma that fulfilling ERISA’s disclosure obligations is not sufficient to start the clock...By: Cohen & Buckmann P.C.

If you watch the news, you may have heard that the requirement known as the “individual mandate” under the Affordable Care Act, which generally requires that individuals either obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, was repealed by the Tax Cuts...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The novel coronavirus outbreak was first alerted to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by Chinese authorities on 31 December 2019 and has rapidly spread across the world. New Zealand now has its second confirmed case. COVID-19’s effects are already...By: Dentons

Over the past several weeks, the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has shaken global markets and caused widespread disruption to businesses throughout the world. As the virus continues to spread around the globe, many companies are faced with the...By: King & Spalding

Former Plant Manager Bullied Employees, Then Fired Employee Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Porous Materials, Inc., an Ithaca, N.Y., manufacturer, will pay $93,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, sex, and national...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On March 3, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law HB 1514, which amends the Virginia Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of hairstyles. Specifically, the bill amends the definition of discrimination “because of...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Belgium has so far been spared from coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. Now that many people have returned from holidays (February 22 – March 1), however, this might change. This article provides practical guidance on employer’s rights and obligations...By: Littler

Q.  What should my company be doing to prepare for the spread of the coronavirus? A.  With the number of coronavirus cases topping 90,000 worldwide, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths across 65 countries, it is only a matter of time before the...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

On February 27, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued a long-anticipated decision in Rizo v. Yovino. Consistent with the Ninth Circuit’s original opinion issued in 2018, which was vacated on procedural grounds by the United States Supreme Court in 2019, the...By: Littler