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Common pitfalls to avoid when drafting global compensation plans

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2010

Paying employees on a commission basis is commonly accepted as a good way to increase sales of a product or service - in the United States

NYSDOL issues guidelines re controversial notice of pay requirements

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2010

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has issued new guidance to employers relating to compliance with the requirement to provide newly hired employees with notice of pay rates and pay dates, and to obtain an acknowledgment of notice, as set forth in amended New York Labor Law 195

Account executives were improperly classified as exempt employees

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2010

Maria Pellegrino and other account executives of temporary staffing firm Robert Half International (“RHI”) filed this action against RHI for its failure to pay overtime compensation and commissions and to provide meal periods and itemized wage statements and for unfair competition

Tip-pooling is not prohibited under FLSA

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2010

Misty Cumbie worked as a waitress at the Vita Café (owned and operated by Woody Woo, Inc

Religious discrimination claim roils UK

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 7 2010

It has been said that the U.S. and the U.K. are two nations “divided by a common language,” and the same observation also could be applied to their discrimination laws

Protecting your business against raiding and lift-outs in the UK

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 25 2010

When the Vikings roamed the North Sea, a deep moat, a high wall and a vat of boiling oil were essential tools to keep raiders at bay

Keeping work safe and sound the challenges of preventing workplace violence

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 12 2010

A former beer distribution center employee's August 3, 2010 shooting rampage in Hartford, CT, which resulted in the death of eight employees before the gunman turned the gun on himself, serves as a stark reminder of the realities of workplace violence

California Supreme Court expands judicial review of employment arbitration awards

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2010

On April 26, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Pearson Dental Supplies, Inc. v. Superior Court (S167169) that will likely have resounding implications for the enforceability of arbitration awards

French Supreme Court rejects paternity benefits for same-sex partners

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 30 2010

In France, fathers of newborn children are entitled to a paternity leave of eleven days in case of a single birth, and eighteen days in case of multiple births

U.K. adopts expanded paternity leave benefits

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 30 2010

In the U.K., legislation approved shortly before the recent change in government has dramatically expanded the paternity leave benefit afforded to employees, which had been limited to two weeks’ leave with a statutory entitlement to be paid £124.88 a week, or 90 of normal weekly earnings if lower (albeit that many employers pay those taking paternity leave at their full rate of pay even where it exceeds the maximum statutory entitlement

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