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Class Actions - Wage & Hour
In a big win for employers facing hybrid off-the-clock class actions, last week the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class action under three different state wage laws (New York, Illinois and District of Columbia) and granted the motion
FLSA - Industries and Occupations
In Navarro v. Encino Motorcars, LLC (9th Cir. Mar. 24 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed an issue of first impression in the Circuit: whether individuals who worked for automobile dealerships as “service advisors” were exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”)
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Young v. UPS, which employer and employee groups alike hoped would clarify whether employers must provide light duty and other workplace accommodations to pregnant employees in the same manner they provide accommodatio
California - General
California's State Legislature is now producing the labor and employment bills that will be the subject of its attention this year.
Benefits - General
With Revenue Procedure 2015-27, the IRS has made several modifications to the most recent restatement of The Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“EPCRS”) (found in Rev. Proc. 2013-12, 2013-4 I.R.B. 313). In general, the EPCRS sets forth a system of correction programs for sponsors of retire
Labor Law - Union Organizing
As predicted, President Obama has vetoed S.J. Res. 8, a joint resolution of disapproval seeking to prevent enforcement of the National Labor Relations Board's so-called "quickie" or "ambush" election rule. Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), members of the House and Senate can vote in favor of
Virginia
As many state legislatures open their 2015 sessions, Virginia has become the first this year — and most likely not the last — to continue the legislative trend towards protecting applicants' and employees' personal online accounts. As the 19th state to enact password protection legislation, Virginia
Benefits - General
In response to comments from various organizations representing employers, plans, recordkeepers, and other service providers, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a rule revising the timeframe for administrators to provide certain expense and investment annual disclosures to individuals pa
Federal Gov't - General
In the early morning of March 27, the Senate passed its version of a budget resolution by a vote of 52-46 after a marathon session of votes on numerous amendments. The so-called "Vote-a-Rama" included votes on measures that likely have no chance of advancing, but serve as political talking points in
FMLA - General
A federal judge in Texas granted an injunction on Thursday that (for the time being) has stopped enforcement of the DOL’s final rule regarding the definition of spouse.
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court in Young v. UPS held that a pregnant employee who seeks to show disparate treatment through indirect evidence may do so through the application of the well-established McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework. More specifically, the Court held that a preg
Immigration - Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently released statistics related to L-1B denial rates for fiscal year 2014, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). (Click here for NFAP’s report). The denial rate
Labor Law - General
On March 24, the National Labor Relation Board’s Chairman Mark Pearce and General Counsel Richard Griffin, Jr. came under fire from a sharply divided group of House members during a budget subcommittee hearing. Members pressed Griffin and Pearce on the recent string of NLRB policies that will have a
New York - Wage & Hour
The New York State Department of Labor ("NY DOL") has consistently enforced the New York Labor Law ("NYLL") as permitting third-party employers of 24-hour home care attendants to pay their employees for 13 hours of a 24-hour shift, provided the employee is afforded eight hours of sleep, five of whic
FMLA - Intermittent Leave
All across America this morning, pregnant employees are screaming out in muted shouts of joy and giving each other belly bumps.
FMLA - General
Effective March 27, 2015, the regulatory definition of “spouse” under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will cover same-sex married couples, ensuring that these couples receive the rights and protections afforded under the FMLA in any jurisdiction of the United States in which they reside. Thi
Labor Law - Bargaining Units
Labor and employment-related bills are once again becoming popular at the federal level. With less than a month before the April 14 effective date of the National Labor Relations Board's "ambush" election rule, and the same day the House approved a resolution to try to stop the rule's implementation
Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court recently held that, in fulfilling their obligation to prevent, prohibit and eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace, employers may adopt rules and regulations that go beyond the requirements of Law No. 17 of April 22, 1988 (“Law 17”), which prohibits sexual harassm
Federal Gov't - DOL
The day after the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing to discuss the Department of Labor's budget proposal for FY 2016, a separate House committee put Labor Secretary Thomas Perez in the hot seat over the same issue. Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee posed to Perez
Labor Law - General
NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin issued yesterday a Report Concerning Employer Rules, in a stated effort to provide guidance on the intersection of employer rules and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Report includes conclusions about common handbook policies that employers – both non