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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published this week a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on changes to “hours of service” (HOS) rules to “increase safety on America’s...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

As advised in our client alert on July 2, 2019, the New York State Legislature has passed a broad overhaul of the protections governing workplace harassment and discrimination. Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law on Monday, August 12, 2019. ...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The hotly contested AB 5 was put on hold, but is widely expected to be revived before the end of the legislative session....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On August 12, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, which seeks to amend the NLRB’s current regulations regarding union election procedures. The proposed rules are the first in a planned series of...By: Ballard Spahr LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Sellars v. CRST Expedited, Inc. Case No. C15-117-LTS (July 15, 2019), the Northern District of Iowa held that employer responses to sexual harassment complaints need not deter harassment by other employees, where the employer...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

US companies that employ foreign students in F-1 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Optional Practical Training (OPT) status should be aware of a recently announced practice by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Hot on the heels of recent updates to the DIFC employment law, DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019, the DIFC has announced proposals to bring about the end of the current End of Service Gratuity (“EoSG”) regime and replace the same with the DIFC...By: Bracewell LLP

In the first post-Epic Systems decision regarding arbitration agreements, the NLRB has underscored just how pro-arbitration courts and regulators have become. In Cordúa Restaurants, the Board put its stamp of approval on employers revising...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Aug. 12, 2019, published proposed amendments to its rules and regulations in representation matters. Comments on the proposed amendments are due by Oct. 11, 2019, and reply comments by Oct. 25, 2019....By: Holland & Knight LLP

Building on last year's Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems. On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board addressed several important questions involving employers’ arbitration agreements and the National Labor Relations Act....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP