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Arkansas gets social

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2013

Last month, Arkansas became the latest state to bar employers (Act 1480) and educational institutions (Act 998) from requiring or requesting that

District Court finds way around 9th Circuit’s limit on CFAA liability

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2013

A federal district court in California has added another twist to the long-running saga of U.S. v. Nosal, holding that former employees could be

UK employment law update, March 2013

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 27 2013

The Parental Leave (EU Directive) Regulations 2013 came into force on 8 March 2013. Employees are now entitled to 18 weeks’ leave in respect of any

Progress on key UK employment law reform issues in 2013

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 20 2013

Consultation continues on limiting compensatory awards to the lower of 12 months’ pay and an overall cap on compensation, currently £74,200, with a

Whose law governs communication intercepts?

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 26 2013

The law governing the interception of customer or employee communications is only getting more muddled. Not only do different states have different

UK employment law update, January 2013

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 18 2013

Standard rates for statutory maternity pay, paternity pay and adoption pay will increase with effect from 7 April 2013 to £136.78. Statutory sick pay

Michigan bans nosy employers

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2013

Last month, Michigan enacted Public Act 478 of 2012 to become the latest state to bar employers and educational institutions from requiring, or even

What's happening in 2013? - Key UK employment issues

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 28 2012

Consultation continues on limiting compensatory awards to a multiple of annual median earnings or 12 months’ pay. In the meantime the annual rises for

Court orders claimants to produce passwords in civil lawsuit

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 1 2012

A federal magistrate in Colorado, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. The Original Honeybaked Ham Company of Georgia, Inc., has ordered the claimants in an employment discrimination suit to provide a special master with their social media and email passwords so that the master could gather discoverable information from their social media and email accounts

UK employment law update, November 2012

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 6 2012

On 1 October 2012 s.87 of the Pensions Act 2008 came into force which removes the statutory duty for employers to have a designated stakeholder pension scheme