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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in United Financial Casualty Company v. Ball vacated a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The Court held that the district court had improperly found that a Worker’s...By: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Electronic H-2B Notifications Coming Soon. The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued a final rule modernizing the recruitment requirements under the H-2B program. Specifically, the Departments have eliminated the requirement for most...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

As of November 8, 2019, New York State prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s “reproductive health decision making.” The New York State Legislature passed the bill in January 2019, and Governor Cuomo signed it...By: Littler

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Somewhere, some employer might be thinking: Hey, why don’t I make employees sign a promissory note to pay me back if they leave before six months! That would be a great idea!...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Are you a private-sector employer with 100 or more employees who is supposed to be filing EEO-1’s, but who has not yet filed EEO-1 Component 2 (Pay Data) forms for 2017 and 2018? If so, let me tell you a story... Section 42 USC 2000e-8(c) part of...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Recently, Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) proposed certain amendments to the rules promulgated under Colorado’s Wage Protection Act (WPA) and the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA) related to the payout of vacation time when an...By: Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

In Simpson v. Temple University, et al., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiff’s claims of interference and retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On October 29, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Shell v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company that the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) definition of “disability” is not met “where an employer regards an applicant as...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

I am frequently asked about the pros and cons of having an unlimited vacation policy. To begin, I do not think it works for every category of worker, nor does it work for every type of company....By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP