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From September 27, 2019, through October 6, 2019, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) held the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar (“athletics” is what we Americans call “track and field”)....By: FordHarrison

Company Subjected Employee to a Hostile Work Environment Based on His Race, Color, National Origin and Religion, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Heritage Crystal Clean, an Elgin, Ill.-based cleaning and waste services company, will pay...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced in a September 27th news release it has implemented what it denominates the “OSHA Weighting System” (“OWS”). The OWS is being implemented for fiscal year (FY) 2020....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Although a whistleblowing employee typically cannot release fraud claims against her employer brought on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act (FCA), courts have demonstrated a willingness to enforce properly executed waivers of...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Given an increase in federal investigations, employers in industries paying hourly wages should prepare now for I-9 audits and investigations to ensure compliance with federal immigration laws. Recent raids on seven Mississippi chicken processing...By: Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in every seven jobs created in the U.S. in 2018 came in the healthcare sector. The growth in healthcare demand and jobs is due to coalescing of factors, including an aging healthcare workforce,...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On October 1, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery applied the Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision on Caremark board oversight claims in the context of operating in a highly regulated industry to allow derivative claims to proceed against the...By: Goodwin

Staffing Firm Used Unlawful Means to Screen Out Applicants With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Reliable Staffing, an Indianapolis staffing firm, will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to conciliate a disability...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Our ERISA Practice Center blog posts often discuss many complex, and sometimes esoteric, substantive and procedural ERISA issues, as well as related agency guidance and case law. In this new ten-part blog series, however, we take a step away from the...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA), a national third-party administrator (TPA)announced the acquisition of two retirement plan consulting and administration firms: Benefit Strategies, Inc. of Roanoke, Virginia (BSI) and Scholz & Friends Enlightened...By: Ary Rosenbaum