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The gig economy is the future of the workforce, right? Or is it an old concept with a modern twist? After all, using workers on a “freelance” or “independent contractor” basis is not a new idea. Whether old or new, there are legal traps that...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

BML Properties Ltd. v. China Construction America Inc., et al., 101 N.Y.S. 3d 597 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019) - On July 2, 2019, a New York appellate court upheld a lower court ruling by Justice Saliann Scarpulla, denying a state-backed Chinese...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Hurricane Dorian is being tracked carefully as the storm approaches Florida, just in time for the holiday weekend. The hurricane is expected to intensify into at least a Category 4 storm before it makes landfall and is forecast to be one of the...By: Littler

Paying an employee a day rate of $1,000 per day satisfies the salary basis test for purposes of the overtime exemption applicable to a “highly compensated employee” (HCE) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

For your Labor Day Weekend enjoyment. Misclassifying workers does not violate the NLRA. The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision yesterday, ruling 3-1 that worker misclassification does not violate the National Labor Relations Act. In...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Here's how to keep it under control. A very large national employer (you've probably heard of it -- the name rhymes with "floogle") made the news recently after it issued an edict discouraging employees from having political discussions in the...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Welcome to Episode 7 of Compliance Man Chooses the Target with Tim Khasanov-Batirov. The goal is to highlight matters that should be on agenda of practitioners that deploy compliance programs in industries or countries of active FCPA enforcement. In...By: Thomas Fox

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben...By: Thomas Fox

Massage Therapy Company Fired Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO - Azul Wellness, LLC, doing business as Orlando Float, which provides massage therapy treatments, violated federal law by firing an employee because...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

This month's key California employment law cases involve EEOC charges, disability discrimination, and meal breaks....By: Payne & Fears