Supreme Court ruling regarding FLSA collective action lawsuits leaves important questions unanswered *

USA - April 17 2013
In a widely anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk that a putative Fair Labor…

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New NYC law protects the unemployed from bias in hiring *

USA - March 29 2013
An expansive new law provides that, effective June 11, 2013, employers in New York City may no longer exclude unemployed job seekers from…

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D.C. Circuit enjoins NLRB from requiring posting of notice of employees' rights *

USA - April 18 2012
Following conflicting decisions from two federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily enjoined implementation of the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) final rule requiring employers to post notices of employees’ rights.

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Maryland legislation would prohibit employers from requesting Facebook, Twitter passwords *

USA - April 11 2012
Maryland recently became the first state to pass legislation prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring user names or passwords for the social media accounts of employees or job applicants. 

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EEOC issues final rule under ADEA clarifying defense based on reasonable factors other than age *

USA - April 3 2012
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published a final rule, which takes effect on April 29, 2012, amending the existing Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) regulations regarding disparate impact claims and the “reasonable factors other than age” (RFOA) defense. 

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