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On November 5, 2019, the California Labor Commissioner cited Inventory Professionals Inc. and Trader Joe’s for fines totaling more than $1.6 million, holding them jointly liable for wage violations for workers supplied to Trader Joe’s....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 142, significantly expanding employers’ obligations to provide break time and lactation room accommodations for working mothers....By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

Two federal courts have struck down the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) “Conscience Protection Rule,” which was slated to go into effect on November 22, 2019. The Rule purported to enforce pre-existing “conscience laws” that...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Veterans Day is a good time to refresh employers on the federal rights entitled to their employees who serve our country in the uniformed services. U.S. employees who take leave from their civilian jobs to serve in the armed services have certain...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) proposed regulations to expand considerably the scope of transactions subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), to now include...By: Locke Lord LLP

I like how the USDOL is moving along with proposals and plans that assist employers in running their businesses, compensating their employees fairly, and, importantly, not running afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The agency has now...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Post-acquisition disputes often involve accounting issues to be resolved by an accounting firm or auditor. Clients need to analyze those issues carefully, particularly as legal issues often overlap with the accounting issues. In Delaware—often the...By: Blank Rome LLP

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule that will require employers to pay a $10 non-refundable fee for each H-1B cap registration submitted, once the electronic registration system is implemented.   The final rule is...By: Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

. . . if they do it right. (Part 3 of a four-part series.) The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that an employer may impose a mandatory arbitration program with a class or collective relief waiver after a collective action has been...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) invited the public to file amicus briefs regarding the treatment of “profane outbursts and offensive statements of a racial or sexual nature.” Gen. Motors LLC & Charles Robinson, 368 NLRB No. 68...By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C.