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Regulators, judges and academics have all been vexed over the issue of whether obesity, not caused by an underlying physiological condition, is a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Notwithstanding existing EEOC...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Unfortunately, workplace violence is in the news every day. OSHA is paying increasing attention to the workplace violence issue, particularly in the healthcare industry. While there is no specific OSHA regulation addressing workplace violence, a...By: Husch Blackwell LLP

Since early April, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has resumed mailing EDCOR (“educational correspondence”) notices to employers who have filed Forms W-2 for employees that contain discrepancies between the names and Social Security numbers...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Employers should understand how to handle I-9 inspections by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and proactively prepare for possible enforcement actions to avoid penalties and prosecution. While the uptick of ICE’s deportation enforcements has...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On June 17, 2019, Canada’s finance minister tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion regarding the taxation of employee stock options. This follows from the government’s announcement in the 2019 Budget that it intended to limit the availability of...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Since the emergence of the “gig economy” in the last decade, courts and government agencies have grappled with the question of whether gig workers should be classified as employees or contractors. The answer to that question has enormous consequences...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

These days, companies conducting background checks on job applicants have a lot to think about. Most companies are aware of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and FCRA’s various state analogs. FCRA, one of a number of federal statutes concerning...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Pro Te: Solutio returns for its second edition of 2019. As the year grinds on, our attorneys at Butler Snow are taking proactive and creative steps to confront and solve the issues that affect our areas of practice. The first article is A New Look...By: Butler Snow LLP

We’ve posted on this topic several times before but the battle between independent contractors and employees continues. Here’s a brief refresher on the basics of why proper classification of employees as independent contractors or employees matters:...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In November 2017, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance concerning companies’ ability to exclude shareholder proposals from their proxy statements under the “ordinary...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP