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About 20 or so years ago, there was a medical report that dental plaque could cause heart disease. The cynic in me tells me that this was some sort of dental conspiracy to increase revenue as fluoridated water and other dental hygiene has had to have...By: Ary Rosenbaum

Last week, we blogged about the avalanche of new labor laws that California employers will face in 2020. Here are two late additions to the list — just in time for Halloween!......By: Proskauer - California Employment Law

Working to clarify the jumbled mess of FLSA tipped worker regulations, on October 8, 2019, the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that incorporates recent court rulings and statutory changes to the FLSA. The FLSA allows employers to take...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether existing federal law prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or transgender status. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits...By: McAfee & Taft

Continuing New Jersey’s efforts to eliminate and to hold employers accountable for employee misclassification, the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) recently adopted Regulations implementing a 2010 law (“Law”) that...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Coming clean – false reason for dismissal shifted burden of proof - In Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi the Court of Appeal confirmed that giving a false reason for dismissal and persisting with it was enough to shift the burden of proof in a race...By: Hogan Lovells

Legislation enacted in April 2019 amended Section 3-110 of the New York State Election Law to now entitle all employees to leave with pay during working hours for purposes of voting in certain elections. This amendment expanded existing law which...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Members of the Baby Boom generation often remained in one job throughout their working lives.  It is now more common for employers to receive résumés from millennials (born between 1981 – 1996) who have had numerous jobs spanning two years or less. ...By: Littler

On September 18, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a defendant-employer’s motion to dismiss a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim, finding that the plaintiff failed to adequately plead protected activity....By: Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Foreign investment continues to garner a great deal of attention. This trend is expected to continue as the global economy further integrates, the number of cross-border and international transactions keeps increasing, and national governments...By: Hogan Lovells