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Labor Law - Union Organizing
Employee privacy and employer due process concerns were the focal point of Wednesday’s House Committee hearing on the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed expedited election rule. Last month, the Board re-issued an expansive proposal that would dramatically alter how union elections are conduct
Labor Law - Protected Concerted Activity
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will discuss the EEO law implications of social media use in the workplace during a public meeting next week. Topics to be addressed include how social media plays a role in recruitment and hiring, harassment, and records reten
FMLA - General
What do you do when one of your employees has informed you of what clearly is an FMLA-triggering event (she needs to care for her dad who is seriously ill in the hospital), but then tells you she doesn't want the absence designated as FMLA leave?
New Jersey - General
On January 29, 2014, the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey signed into law an ordinance that requires private employers to provide paid sick time to employees. With this new law, Newark joins Jersey City, which enacted an ordinance mandating paid sick leave for private sector employees in September of las
Federal Gov't - DOL
On Tuesday, the White House released its $3.9 trillion budget proposal for FY 2015. While such proposals are more aspirational than anything else, they do provide insight into the programs and initiatives the Administration deems priorities for the coming year. The budget for the Department of Labor
HR - Whistleblowing
United States employers operating in France often face a dilemma. While they may be bound by the whistleblowing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") and its Dodd-Frank amendments,1 they also are bound by the data privacy requirements of French law, which can be at odds with U.S. whistleblo
Title VII - General
On February 7, 2014, the Chicago District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against CVS Pharmacy, Inc., claiming that a severance agreement used by the company violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Labor Law - Union Organizing
Recently, on opposite coasts, healthcare union have been pressing voter ballot initiatives to win concessions from hospitals and other healthcare institutions that the unions have been unable to successfully negotiate.
FLSA - Breaks
On March 3, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is set to hear oral argument in two cases addressing whether California’s meal and rest break requirements are preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) when applied to motor carriers. The case
FMLA - General
No matter what position the EEOC might take, I'll always take the position that an employee's regular, reliable attendance is an essential function of the job. So, when an employee wants to arrive at work at any time, without any repercussions, it's not a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. And
Labor Law - Union Organizing
The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled at least two public meetings to address the controversial re-proposal of a rule that would make significant amendments to the union representation election process. After the so-called “ambush” election rule was first proposed in June 2011, the NLRB s
Affirmative Action - Veterans
The DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to rescind the filing of the annual VETS-100 form and revise the filing of the VETS-100A reports. The proposal would make the following six changes:
Benefits - ACA
On January 10, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations governing the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).1 The final rule addresses application of the so-called "play or pay" requirement that was added by the ACA. Under this requirem
OSHA - Whistleblower Protections
Effective Thursday, February 13, 2014, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule governing the agency's future handling of whistleblower complaints under Section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which protects workers who disclose food s
Benefits - ACA
The federal agencies charged with implementing provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have issued a final rule that implements the 90-day limit on waiting periods for obtaining health coverage. The ACA prohibits group health plans and group health insurance issuers from imposing a waiting perio
Virginia
On February 13, 2014, in Bostic v. Rainey, Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that any Virginia laws banning same-sex marriage or prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages – including Article I, Section 15-A of the Virginia Constitu
HR - Whistleblowing
The continuing controversy over whether retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") cover activities outside the United States continues to play out in the courts and administrative bodies. The two leading cases in this area are the First Circuit's ruling in Carnero v. Boston Scientific,
Labor Law - General
For several years, nurses’ unions have lobbied, with varying success, for legislation implementing nurse-patient ratios. The nurses’ unions contend that lower patient-to-nurse ratios improve quality patient care and decrease the mortality rate. While Medicare regulations require hospitals to maintai
California - Wage & Hour
On February 11, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed sweeping amendments to San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12 (“the amendments” or “the ordinances”) that significantly restrict the ability of covered employers to inquire into, and use, criminal
FMLA - General
Let me share a story about UPS, although in the end, this story has nothing to do with UPS.