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Host Michael Schmidt is joined by Rebecca Nathanson, the Director of the Anti-Retaliation Unit and Counsel to Labor Standards at the New York Department of Labor to discuss issues ranging from the Department’s investigation process and retaliation,...By: Cozen O'Connor

As reported in our November 7, 2018 SW Benefits Blog Zombie Benefits – Are Health Reimbursement Arrangements (“HRAs”) Back From the Dead?, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the “Agencies”) proposed two new types of...By: Snell & Wilmer

Canadian employers subject to federal regulation will want to take note of changes to the Canada Labour Code that came into force on September 1, 2019. These reforms apply to a large number of minimum employment standards with vacation, breaks,...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The USDA’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) recently issued a final rule, pushing back from August 21, 2019, to October 1, 2019, the effective date of a prior rulemaking that seeks to facilitate and encourage single close combination construction to...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

On August 29, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held that misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor, on its own, does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). In Velox Express, Inc. and Jeannie Edge,...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Human Services Provider Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charged - WILMINGTON, Del. -- Connections CSP, Inc., a Delaware corporation that provides services in Delaware's correctional facilities and other state...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last month, Bernalillo County, NM became the first local jurisdiction to enact a mandatory paid time off ordinance. The Ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, requires covered employers located within the County’s...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

As previously reported, EEOC is expected to publish tomorrow a Notice of Information Collection regarding EEO-1 Reporting. An advance copy of the notice reports that "the EEOC is not seeking to renew Component 2 of the EEO-1....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

The latest version of Assembly Bill 5, which codifies the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision that was issued in April 2018, is about to become law. Dynamex created a so-called ABC test requiring companies to satisfy each of three strict...By: Locke Lord LLP

A monthly snapshot of U.S. labor and employment law developments, and why they matter. 1. A LAW WITH (INCREDIBLY SHARP) TEETH: NEW JERSEY ENACTS LANDMARK WAGE THEFT LAW - Liability for non-payment of wages just got a lot more serious — and more...By: K&L Gates LLP