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Almost all good news for employers. DHILLON'S FIVE PRIORITIES- Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued her priorities for the year 2020, and employers ought to like most of them: Excellent customer service....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Main French news in 2020: The new French employee representative body called the CSE has now replaced the current “Employee Delegates” (“Délégués du Personnel”) in companies with at least 11 employees and the three bodies, “Employee Delegates”,...By: K&L Gates LLP

New Jersey amended its existing WARN Act, otherwise known as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act ("NJ WARN Act"), and it will have significant impact on employers considering mass layoffs, transfers and termination of...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

I recently had occasion to write about cities and states revisiting their laws related to obesity as a protected characteristic and the potential for liability for disability discrimination on the basis of perceived obesity. Case in point, on January...By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

Not surprisingly, OTO, LLC, the employer in OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, 8 Cal. 5th 111 (2019), on January 13, 2020, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2019 California Supreme Court decision not to enforce an arbitration agreement. Employers with...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On October 23, 2019, the Ohio House of Representatives introduced a bill (H.B. No. 380) that would amend Ohio’s Prompt Pay Act (ORC Section 4113.61) to provide general contractors with payment protection similar to that currently enjoyed by...By: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Faced with a shortage of U.S. workers to fill specialty occupations whose job duties require the attainment of a specialized baccalaureate or advanced academic degree, U.S. manufacturers have resorted to employing foreign workers under an H-lB...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

On Thursday, January 30, members from Verrill's Employment & Labor group, as well as some from the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group, conducted a full-day seminar full of employment law related topics that would prepare HR...By: Verrill

On January 31, 2020, the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the release of a new version of the Form I-9, version 10/21/2019. This new version contains only minor changes to the Form I-9 itself and to the Form I-9...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

In Florida, when the injured employee’s attorney files a verified motion for attorney’s fees and costs seeking reimbursement of costs associated with a previously filed petition for benefits, what costs can the injured employee be reimbursed for?...By: Chartwell Law