This month's Friday Five discusses cases that probe the issue of what is appropriately considered in litigation regarding LTD benefits. Some cases seem to state the obvious, for example when a court issues an order directing that only specific claims...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
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• A recent amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act generally prohibits employers inquiring about a job applicant's compensation history. • There are severe penalties for violations of the amendment. • By Sept. 29, 2019, Illinois employers should...By: Holland & Knight LLP
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On July 31, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a law prohibiting Illinois employers from asking job applicants or their previous employers about salary history. The law amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003, which made it illegal to discriminatorily pay...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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"New sheriff" gets employer in trouble. Employers who have departments or units that need to be cleaned up should beware of the “new sheriff in town” who can make things worse than they were before. One rogue supervisor can create legal havoc for...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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Synopsis: A recent decision of the federal district court for the Southern District of New York warns ERISA fiduciaries that even innocent mistakes that do not misuse plan assets or unjustly enrich the fiduciaries can cause an unexpected and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Chicago recently joined a growing trend when City Council approved one of the broadest predictive scheduling laws in the country. The Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance, which was passed on July 24, 2019, will go into effect beginning on July 1, 2020,...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
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In April 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed SHB 1399, which amended the Washington Paid Family Medical Leave Program (PFML)....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work schedules and pay employees “predictability pay” for late changes to an employee’s work schedule....By: Fox Rothschild LLP
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In this OnPoint, we report on a recent decision of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal on the issue of the covert recording by employees of meetings with their employer, and the legal and practical issues this highlights in relation to the recording of...By: Dechert LLP
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On June 24, 2019, Glen Kraemer spoke at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2019 Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Glen’s presentation, Shaping Hearts, Minds…and Corporate Cultures: Effective Prevention Training In The...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP
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