Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 7 Jan 2020
Effective Dec. 20, 2021, th it federal contractors from inquiring-either directly or through a background screening process-into an applicant’s…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 9 Oct 2019
A federal lawsuit alleging discrimination under Title VII must be filed within ninety days after the EEOC has completed its handling of the related…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 8 Feb 2019
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires employers who obtain a consumer report on a job applicant to provide the applicant with a “clear and…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 6 Feb 2019
On Jan. 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) addressed its independent contractor test in a case involving airport shuttle drivers for…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 25 Jan 2019
After years of expanding Section 7 rights during the Obama administration, the NLRB earlier this month began reining in the protection afforded to…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 23 Jan 2019
In many employment cases, the parties engage in a battle over content in the Plaintiff’s private social media accounts. The recent decision from the…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 18 Jan 2019
Nationwide, many states are amending their employment laws to address the uncertainty of the joint employment doctrine under federal law, as…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 24 Sep 2018
Section 301 of the federal Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law on May 24, 2018, amended the…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 30 Aug 2018
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced the issuance of six new opinion letters covering a…
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | USA | 17 Aug 2018
On Aug. 15, 2018, the Sixth Circuit in Gaffers v. Kelly Services, Inc. held that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not render an arbitration…