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Many California laws seek to restrict the terms and conditions an employer may place on an employee during employment. Tuesday, the California Court of Appeal confirmed that Business and Professions Code Section 16600 is not one of those laws....By: Lewitt Hackman

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), the largest package of retirement system reforms in over a decade, was enacted on December 20, 2019.  Many of the provisions in the SECURE Act are effective on...By: Groom Law Group, Chartered

Minimum Monthly Wage for 2020 - New Legislation Enacted - On November 21, 2019, the official gazette published Decree-Law No. 167/2019, which increased the minimum monthly wage to € 635,00, effective January 1, 2020....By: Littler

In a favorable opinion for employers, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District concluded the following on December 4, 2019, in David Cacho v. Eurostar, Inc......By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

As previously noted, the Supreme Court has identified that there are issues with the Commonwealth Court’s July 2019 opinion in Peters v. WCAB (Cintas). Essentially, disregarding the breadth of caselaw on the topic of course and scope of employment,...By: Chartwell Law

In advance of their first official meeting of 2020, members of Philadelphia City Council outlined their legislative priorities, and several say they intend to introduce legislation to increase protections for employees....By: Ballard Spahr LLP

The Conservative Party’s conclusive win in the U.K.’s recent general election paves the way for long-anticipated and decisive reforms to the country’s national security screening regime. The government first outlined its proposals for a wide-ranging...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Prior to 2014, NLRB case law gave an employer the right to control its property. The NLRB tempered that right when an employer exercised it in a way that discriminated against activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act....By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new rule revising its test for evaluating joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Among other situations, joint employer analysis is often critical to work arrangements...By: Horton Law PLLC

One of the critical elements found in the 2019 Guidance is the need to use the information you obtain, whether through risk assessment, root cause analysis, investigation, hotline report or any other manner to remediate the situation which allowed it...By: Thomas Fox