Diversity and inclusion is not just a function of talent acquisition, it’s a company-wide effort that needs to take place in all areas of business to be successful. Leading diversity strategist Torin Ellis sat down with Shannon Offord, VP of...By: DirectEmployers Association
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The National Labor Relations Board recently released a Decision and Order finding that a financial services company’s mandatory arbitration agreement that restricted prospective employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
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On February 6, 2020, in a 2-1 decision, the California Court of Appeal (Fourth District, Division Two) held that an employee's settlement agreement with a staffing agency on a wage-and-hour claim does not necessarily preclude the employee from later...By: Payne & Fears
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In Rittinger v. Healthy Alliance Life Ins. Co., 914 F.3d 952 (5th Cir. Jan. 31, 2019), and Roebuck v. USAble Life, 380 F. Supp. 3d 852 (E.D. Ark. Mar. 30, 2019), the courts found no abuse of discretion where the ERISA plan administrators denied...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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As the recent Coronavirus outbreak continues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidance specifically for employers, outlining recommendations and best practices to protect their workplaces....By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace
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On December 20, President Trump signed into law the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019,” known and referred to colloquially as the “SECURE Act.” The law’s stated purpose, among other things, is to increase the coverage...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits
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The Massachusetts Statute of Repose requires litigants to assert within six years all tort claims arising out of the design, construction, or administration of improvements to real property. The Statute begins to run upon the earlier of: (1) the...By: Conn Kavanaugh
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The trend for megadeals in US real estate continued in 2019, with 38 transactions in the sector, worth a total US$56.6 billion—but overall deal volume was down 17 percent and deal value fell 25 percent year-on-year. Real estate deals in the US may...By: White & Case LLP
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A federal court judge today denied a request by several gig economy giants (and a few contractors) to block AB-5, the new misclassification law in California that codifies the ABC test and makes it much more difficult to classify workers as...By: Fisher Phillips
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Effective February 13, 2020, foreign investment in U.S. businesses and real estate will require pre-deal diligence and timely filings to comply with U.S. law. In the digital economy, the world is flat. As a result, many businesses are at risk of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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