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First, the good news: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided notice that it won’t renew the requirement that covered employers provide “Component 2” pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 reporting filings....By: Foley & Lardner LLP

A new California law requires most companies in our state have at least one woman serve on their boards of directors by the end of this year. By the end of 2021, they'll need three. It is not hard to find qualified women to serve on corporate boards....By: Financial Women of San Francisco

The California Supreme Court recently handed down an increasingly rare win for employers and the defense bar with its September 12 decision in Z.B., N.A. and Zions Bancorporation v. Supreme Court (Lawson) holding that private litigants cannot recover...By: Cozen O'Connor

The answer is not as much as you may think. Much of the recent media coverage of California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) suggests that the bill represents a sea change in California law with respect to the classification of independent contractors. Not...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to implement its proposal to amend the minimum salary requirements for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) no later than the end of 2019. As you may recall, a similar...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

While talking heads focused on the debates heating up in Houston last week, the California Supreme Court on Thursday put an end to a nearly five-year debate regarding the permissible scope of recovery and arbitrability under California’s Private...By: Blank Rome LLP

The Alabama Supreme Court recently reinforced its policy of giving priority to construction lenders over materialmen in its holding in GHB Construction and Development Co., Inc. v. West Alabama Bank and Trust, 2019 WL 1416893 (Ala. 2019)....By: Baker Donelson

N.C. Business Court Addresses the Scope of a Judicial Appraisal Proceeding- In Reynolds American Inc. v. Third Motion Equities Master Fund Ltd. et al., 2019 NCBC 35 (N.C. Super. Ct. June 4, 2019), the Business Court considered the scope of a...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Many readers will remember The Jetsons – a futuristic world in which sophisticated robots in both the home and the workplace had the ability to do, think, learn, and interact with humans....By: K&L Gates LLP

Engaging independent contractors instead of hiring employees is enticing… no overtime pay, benefits, tax withholdings, FICA obligations or legal liability for certain claims. If you misclassify a worker, however, the penalties are great — back...By: Fox Rothschild LLP