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Following the Ledbetter Act, the Texas legislature has proposed a bill adopting the 'paycheck rule' for state law pay-discrimination claims

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

On August 31, 2012, in Prairie View A&M University v. Chatha, the Texas Supreme Court held that the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ("Ledbetter

Transgender protection under Title VII announced by EEOC

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

In an April 20, 2012 decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) solidified its intended protection of transgender employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

NLRB requires notice posting by NLRA-covered employers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 26 2011

The National Labor Relations Board has adopted a Rule that, effective November 14, 2011, requires all employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) to post a notice notifying employees of their rights under the Act

NLRB charges New York nonprofit with labor law violations for discharging employees based on working-condition discussions on Facebook

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2011

In yet another instance illustrating the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB’s”) intent to prosecute violations of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) related to employee activity on social media sites, the NLRB’s Buffalo, NY regional office has issued a complaint against Hispanics United of Buffalo Inc. (HUB), a New York nonprofit agency

The dangers to U.S. & worldwide employers from 'ban the box' legislation

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2011

To prevent job applicants with criminal records from automatic hiring rejection, cities and states are considering and already adopting so-called "Ban the Box" laws and ordinances

U.S. Department of Labor issues guidance on requirement that employers provide nursing mothers with breaks and places to express breast milk

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2010

A little-noticed provision of the 2010 health care reform legislation requires employers to provide nursing mothers with "reasonable break time" to express breast milk for one year after a child's birth

U.S. Supreme Court upholds public employer's search of employer-provided communication devices

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 25 2010

The US Supreme Court held that a public employer's review of transcripts of an employee's text messages on an employer-issued pager constituted a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution