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Hot Topics on the Horizon in Human Resources Law

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
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Verrill | Feb 06,2020 |

Employers Must Use A New I-9 Form For 2020

The federal government just released an updated Form I-9, and although you aren’t required to use the new version until May 1, 2020, best practices dictate that you should start using it immediately. It has been a few years since United States...By: Fisher Phillips
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Fisher Phillips | Feb 06,2020 |

Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2020

CLIENT ALERT: CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready? PilieroMazza previously blogged regarding the draft releases of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guidelines in anticipation of its final release. The Department of Defense (DOD)...By: PilieroMazza PLLC
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PilieroMazza PLLC | Feb 06,2020 |

EEOC FY 2019 Statistics Released: Charges of Discrimination are at an All-Time Low But the Percentage of Retaliation Charges Continues to Rise

There are a few surprises in the enforcement and litigation statistics for FY 2019 released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). The EEOC’s data shows that there were only 72,675 charges of discrimination filed in FY 2019. This is...By: Butler Snow LLP
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Butler Snow LLP | Feb 06,2020 |

Appalti (E Non Solo…): Nuovi Oneri Per Il Committente

Il Decreto Legge 26 ottobre 2019, n. 124 (cosiddetto «Decreto Fiscale») – convertito, con modificazioni, dalla legge 19 dicembre 2019, n. 157 – ha introdotto nuovi oneri a capo del committente che affidi a soggetti terzi il compimento di uno o più...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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An Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Claims Must Also Allow for Access to Full Remedies Before the NLRB

In a separate post, we discussed several cases decided by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in which the Board invalidated agreements requiring employees to arbitrate employment-related claims due to vague language that did not make it clear...By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
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Moore & Van Allen PLLC | Feb 06,2020 |

HSR Size of Transaction Threshold to Increase to $94 Million

On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Parties to transactions that close on or after February 27, 2020 are subject to the revised...By: WilmerHale
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WilmerHale | Feb 06,2020 |

Cottle Strawberry to Pay $12,500 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Company Fired Seventh-Day Adventist Because She Refused to Work on Her Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged - RALEIGH, N.C. - Cottle Strawberry Nursery, Inc., a corporation based in Faison, N.C., that has grown, packed, shipped, imported, and...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Can Private Employers Require an Employee Who Recently Returned from a Coronavirus-infected Region to Stay Home Even if Asymptomatic?

The short answer is “yes.” But what if the employee simply lives with someone who recently returned from China? What if they returned from Canada, where the infection is not wide spread? And does an employer have to pay workers if it requires them to...By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC
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Trafalgar Stump Dump: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Motion to Dismiss/Rescission of Fredericks/Fredericks Construction Company, Inc., Consent Administration Order

Two documents were prepared by the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) in regards to Thomas Fredericks and Fredericks Construction Company, Inc., (“Fredericks”) Consent Administrator Order (“CAO”)...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,
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