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The National Labor Relations Board earlier today held that a courier services company misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, who are protected under the National Labor Relations Act....By: Locke Lord LLP

The gig economy is the future of the workforce, right? Or is it an old concept with a modern twist? After all, using workers on a “freelance” or “independent contractor” basis is not a new idea. Whether old or new, there are legal traps that...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

BML Properties Ltd. v. China Construction America Inc., et al., 101 N.Y.S. 3d 597 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019) - On July 2, 2019, a New York appellate court upheld a lower court ruling by Justice Saliann Scarpulla, denying a state-backed Chinese...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

For your Labor Day Weekend enjoyment. Misclassifying workers does not violate the NLRA. The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision yesterday, ruling 3-1 that worker misclassification does not violate the National Labor Relations Act. In...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Here's how to keep it under control. A very large national employer (you've probably heard of it -- the name rhymes with "floogle") made the news recently after it issued an edict discouraging employees from having political discussions in the...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On August 12, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law S.6577, a bill implementing a series of sweeping changes to the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”). As we previously reported, S.6577 provides for a number of notable updates to the...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In most industries, it is common for employers to implement no-fault attendance policies to discipline employees for unexcused tardiness or absences that adversely impact the productivity and success of the business. To complement these policies,...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

According to the 2018 Annual Survey of Employer Health Benefits conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the percentage of small employers offering health benefits to their employees has declined since 2010, the year provisions of the Patient...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

During FY 2018, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") received 321 notifications, which is the largest in the past five years and a 4.9 percent increase from FY 2017. It provided clearance for 315 cases at Phase I review. Two cases were sent to...By: White & Case LLP

On August 9, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued USERRA Fact Sheet 1, providing guidance to employers about their pension obligations to reemployed service members under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP