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The FMLA what's new as of its 20th birthday

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA" or the "Act") turned 20 in 2013. To mark its 20th birthday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the

U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturns Ninth Circuit, finding employer's review of personal text messages reasonable

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2010

Today, in a decision authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case involving an employee’s assertion that a government employer had violated the Fourth Amendment by unreasonably obtaining and reviewing personal text messages sent and received on employer-issued pagers

Proposed revisions to FLSA companionship exemption create new headaches for employers

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2012

On December 27, the United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") proposed amended regulations which would, if ultimately enacted, dramatically alter the wage and hour landscape for domestic companions

EEOC issues new guidance concerning employing disabled veterans

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2012

In light of the many veterans returning from service and seeking work in the private sector, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued two new guidance documents focusing on employment rights of disabled veterans

EEOC issues new guidance on criminal background checks

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2012

On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Commission") issued new Enforcement Guidance on criminal background checks, after the Commissioners approved it in a 4-1 vote

New York expands permissible wage deductionsawaiting Governor Cuomo's signature

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2012

Last week, the New York State Assembly and Senate passed amendments to Section 193 of the New York Labor Law ("NYLL") restoring employers' ability to make deductions from employee wages in a number of circumstances which the New York Department of Labor ("NYDOL") had opined were otherwise impermissible

Eleventh Circuit rules on FLSA “nursing mothers” provision

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2013

On December 26, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued the first decision by a federal Court of Appeals concerning the provisions

OFCCP directive adopts EEOC Guidance and outlines new procedures and existing legal obligations regarding criminal background checks

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

On January 29, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") adopted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("EEOC"

Arkansas latest state to restrict employer access to applicant and employee personal social media accounts

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2013

On April 22, 2013, Arkansas' governor signed H.B. 1901, continuing the national momentum to prohibit employers from requesting or requiring

New York City Council passes the Earned Sick Time Act

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

On Wednesday, May 8, the New York City Council passed the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (the "Act"), which requires most New York City employers