Legal News

Q: Is FMLA 480 hours under every circumstance? A: No, the FMLA uses something called the fluctuating work week. If an employee is normally scheduled 40 hours then it’s 480....By: Davis Brown Law Firm

This alert sets out legislative, regulatory and “advisory” developments in respect of corporate governance and annual disclosure matters. These will impact Canadian public companies when preparing their proxy-related materials. It is organized as...By: Dentons

Reducing your New Jersey workforce just became more expensive. On January 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170.  This bill radically expands employers’ advance notice and severance pay obligations under the Millville...By: Littler

December 2019 brought significant changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and election procedures. The following highlights a few of those changes as we get into the new year and policy reviews get underway....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Bank Failed to Accommodate Manager With Pregnancy-Related Disability, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, doing business as M&T Bank, will pay $100,000 and provide significant equitable relief to resolve a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In a case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division determined that employers in the state must reimburse employees for medical cannabis following a workplace accident, despite federal prohibitions against cannabis distribution. The...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Overview - For many years, the name of the game in retirement planning for income and estate tax purposes has been to maximize the tax deferral of qualified retirement and IRA accounts while preserving the ability to payout distributions over the...By: Gerald Nowotny

Two federal agencies dealing with employment issues, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Labor (DOL), are considering or have already implemented new rules that will affect employers. The issues relate to noncompete agreements...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

In its first major overhaul of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) joint employer standard since the 1950s, the Department of Labor has brought some clarity to the definition of this relationship after decades of varying interpretations and...By: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

In a recent decision, the Appellate Court of Illinois rejected a school board’s decision to terminate a tenured teacher for misconduct despite a hearing officer’s finding that there was insufficient evidence of cause for dismissal....By: Franczek P.C.