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The NILG/OFCCP Compensation Roundtable provided an interesting exchange between OFCCP Representatives, Robert LaJeunesse, Branch Chief for Expert Services, and David Garber, Labor Economist, and several well-known labor economists and...By: DirectEmployers Association

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following opinion: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano, No. 18-921: Active and retired employees of Catholic schools in Puerto Rico filed a suit in Puerto Rico’s Court...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed employers an important legal victory with respect to managing employees with disabilities and considering accommodation requests. The well-reasoned opinion provides important reminders to employers...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Today USCIS implements its new public charge rule nationwide. The rule was previously enjoined in Illinois, but the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the injunction last week, allowing USCIS to implement the rule in all 50 states....By: Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they discuss: - OFCCP and...By: DirectEmployers Association

The Illinois legislature engaged in a flurry of recent activity in the area of employee protections. Included below are highlights of new employment laws in place as of January 1, 2020. Significant Restrictions on Severance Agreements, Arbitration...By: Perkins Coie

Coronavirus, whose formal name is COVID-19, has been the subject of much media attention since the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, late last year. Just like recent outbreaks of the swine flu, the avian flu, SARS and the West Nile virus, each new...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has unveiled a sweeping legislative proposal regarding harassment in the workplace, as well as in housing, public accommodations, and business relationships. The proposal would amend the NJ Law Against Discrimination...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

The outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (now designated COVID-19) caused massive disruption in China, including a nationwide extension of its Spring Festival holidays. Though February 10, 2020, was the last “public holiday,” some businesses remain...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

With talk of a pandemic of the COVID-19 illness (coronavirus) become more prevalent and advice from professionals that we ought to start preparing now, I thought I’d use this new installment of the Employment Law Checklist Project (#emplawchecklist)...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP