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California Supreme Court's mixed motive ruling may have major impact on fair employment and housing claims

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

On February 7, 2013 the California Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, affirmed that backpay and reinstatement are not available remedies for a

FY 2014 H-1B cap reached within the first week

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

On April 5, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received enough petitions to meet the statutory H-1B cap of

Overtime work is not a by-the-job matter

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Recent reports have described more than one scenario in which an employer violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because the employer failed to

For want of a quorum: court rules against NLRB

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 28 2013

Mid-morning on Friday, January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a long-awaited ruling refusing to

OFCCP announces new tactics to review compensation

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the U.S. Department of Labor agency that enforces federal contractor affirmative action

Appellate Court invalidates auto dealership's method of paying service technicians

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

In an unpublished decision, the California 2nd District Court of Appeal held that that piece-rate-paid employees are entitled to separate hourly pay

Are your students "sexting"? Are your teachers?

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2010

"Sexting" is the act of sending sexually-explicit images via cell phones, emails, iPods, pagers or social-networking sites

Avoiding "reporting-time" claims

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2010

In California, conditions of employment, including standards governing compensation, are set forth in the Wage Orders promulgated by the Industrial Welfare Commission

NLRB vacancies finally filled by union attorneys

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2010

As the healthcare drama recedes from center stage, the next labor reform domino has already fallen

Are you saving on wage costs by "rounding" worktime?

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 3 2010

For many years, some employers have chosen to "round" non-exempt employees' worktime in computing wages