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On September 13, 2019, the California Senate and Assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that places onerous obligations on employers and entitles employees to statutory damages for data breaches. The...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The California Supreme Court recently handed down an intriguing decision which casts doubt on – and in some cases even condemns – some of the most common practices used by employers in both drafting and presenting arbitration agreements to their...By: Fisher Phillips

A recent decision in Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6029, 6030, by the United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), upheld a contract provision that imposed greater obligations on the government than...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

While the gig economy often gets derided by worker advocates for being unfair to its workers, one aspect of the nature of gig work is often overlooked: it helps boost diversity to an almost unparalleled degree. The nature of the gig business is...By: Fisher Phillips

Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code enables trustees to avoid certain pre-bankruptcy transfers of “an interest of the debtor in property,” where the transfer was intended to defraud creditors or where the transfer was made while the debtor was...By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Q: What is the “salary history ban”? A:  The “salary history ban” is an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 that prohibits employers from......By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

It’s been a long legislative year. And this being Governor Newsom’s first term in office, many observers have been anxiously awaiting to see what approach he takes when it comes to labor and employment legislation. Now all of the flurry of activity...By: Fisher Phillips

As anticipated, today the National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing a regulation which would establish that students at private colleges and universities who perform any services related to their...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

Labor Secretary Hearing. Eugene Scalia’s nomination to be secretary of labor took a step forward this week, as the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held his confirmation hearing on September 19, 2019. Among the topics...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The September 19, 2019 edition of the Federal Register includes the updated minimum wage rates that must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with federal contracts covered by Executive Order (E.O.) 13658, Establishing a Minimum...By: Littler