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Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Newsom has approved some of the bills most feared by employers, including bills to ban employment arbitration, extend FEHA administrative deadlines, codify the Dynamex ABC test, and create San Francisco-style...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Last week, a federal judge in Chicago rejected the class action claims of Chicago Police Department (CPD) SWAT officers who sued the City for overtime pay for transporting, loading/unloading, and storing equipment that they took home, such as rifles,...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On October 12, 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 25 into law, giving employees, applicants, independent contractors, emergency contacts and dependents new rights to privacy. As explained in our previous post—Employee Privacy by Design:...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

First-year Governor Gavin Newsom signed some significant pieces of legislation in recent days that will impact employers across California – ranging from a ban on mandatory arbitration agreements, to a complete rewrite to the rules for the use of...By: Fisher Phillips

The Registrar of Contractors (“ROC”) is likely the most important Arizona agency for businesses in the construction industry. While the ROC may be a familiar entity for Arizona businesses, construction companies outside the state (e.g. California,...By: Snell & Wilmer

Hiring law firm employees is a vital task. The employees you hire (or candidates you pass on) can go a long way toward the success of your law firm....By: Stange Law Firm, PC

Here’s a comprehensive list of the new employment-related statutes enacted and signed into law in the Golden State (effective Jan. 1, 2020 unless otherwise specified)......By: Proskauer - California Employment Law

Includes Key Federal Sector Decisions and Special Article on Religious Accommodation in the Workplace - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the newest edition of the federal sector Digest of...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On Friday, I presented a program on “Paid FMLA: Does It Leave You Confused?” at my firm’s semi-annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar, along with my Shipman & Goodwin colleague Chris Neary. Suffice to say that while the pun was well received, we had...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Sometimes, asking “Can I fire this person?” is the wrong inquiry to begin with.  The better question may be “If I fire this person now, will my reasoning be believable to an outsider (especially a group of outsiders called a jury)?” Usually, the...By: Foley & Lardner LLP