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On Friday, September 6, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its third decision of the summer regarding employers’ ability to restrict access by nonemployees to its property (see prior analysis: Board Restricts Non-Employee...By: Benesch

You have received a citation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and must decide what to do—contest the citation, or pay any penalty and complete required abatements. What next?...By: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • How is employee activism different than CEO activism? (QZ.com) • DOJ charges Chinese Professor with theft of trade secrets for Huawei. (WSJ) • SEC chair criticizes the rest of the world for poor ABC...By: Thomas Fox

Background. These days, almost all employer-sponsored group health plans require an employee (and any dependents) covered under the plan (each are referred to as a “member”) to pay “out-of-pocket” for covered expenses in the form of deductibles,...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed emergency legislation extending to January 1, 2021 - the deadline for complying with some aspects of the anti-harassment training requirements adopted last year....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Public Works Act (“PWA”) is a helpful, rarely litigated piece of legislation for unpaid subcontractors. By submitting a PWA claim to the Provincial Government, a subcontractor has the ability to seek compensation outside of its contractual rights...By: Field Law

We have been discussing arbitration agreements in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) context lately, particularly with respect to class action waivers. But employers may not be aware that earlier this summer, the NLRB issued an opinion holding...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Railroad Company Refuses to Allow Employee Who Once Had Brain Tumor to Return to Work as Custodian, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO - Union Pacific Railroad Company is violating federal law by refusing to return an employee who once had a brain...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On August 27, 2019, the Department of Labor announced that government contractor Cintas Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle claims of sex and race discrimination in its Philadelphia, PA facility and end compliance evaluations at five...By: Polsinelli

Last year, California significantly expanded its requirements for employers to train employees on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. As explained in a previous Cooley alert, SB 1343 required employers with five or more employees to...By: Cooley LLP