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Stock Market Commentary - Trade and interest rates continued to be the headline market movers for the third quarter. In late July, as expected, the Fed cut rates a quarter percent and recommitted to "act as appropriate" to sustain what is now the...By: Perkins Coie

T-Mobile USA, Inc. ("T-Mobile") in 2015 created T-Voice, a nationwide program through which customer service representatives could submit "pain points" regarding certain aspects of the job, including ideas to improve customer service. The majority of...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

At our Shipman & Goodwin Labor & Employment Law seminar last week, one of the hot topics that got attendees talking was about minimum wage & overtime rules — both of which are in the midst of change. But my fellow partners brought up another law in...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Dentist Office Fired Receptionist After Learning of Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - Smiley Dental Walnut will pay $20,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 9 into law, extending the statute of limitations for claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), California's comprehensive employment anti-discrimination,...By: Payne & Fears

Q: An hourly employee has hit 40 hours at noon on Friday, can I send them home to avoid overtime? A: In general, absent a contract or policy that says differently-yes you can send them home....By: Davis Brown Law Firm

In a recent published decision, the California Court of Appeal had the opportunity to address this issue when the property owners of a beachside residence in the City of Los Angeles challenged a setback condition that the California Coastal...By: Nossaman LLP

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that prohibits “no rehire” clauses in settlement agreements effective January 1, 2020. The new law will change a standard practice in California of including blanket provisions in employment...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on October 8 in three closely watched cases addressing whether Title VII, which prohibits employment discrimination “because of … sex,” covers discrimination based on LGBT status. Commentators have...By: Franczek P.C.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision in employers’ favor by holding that misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor, by itself, does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....By: Bricker & Eckler LLP