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- February 5 2019
On January 11, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision narrowing the scope of what qualifies as “protected concerted activity”…
USA
- November 1 2018
Two recent settlements between employers and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) highlight the complex interplay between U.S. immigration and export…
USA
- September 25 2018
On September 25, 2018, the Ninth Circuit granted Uber’s motion to compel arbitration and decertified a class of 160,000 drivers alleging violations of…
USA
- August 29 2018
On August 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage Hour Division issued six new Advisory Opinion letters offering employers guidance on a range…
USA
- June 29 2018
This month, NLRB GC Peter Robb issued guidance on work rules under the Board’s new Boeing standard and on the kinds of cases appropriate for…
USA
- May 21 2018
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16-285that employers could lawfully require employees to waive their…
USA
- May 13 2018
Human Resource and Labor Relations professionals (HR/LR) normally take the lead on workplace investigations of employee misconduct. Given that, they…
USA
- May 1 2018
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court substantially narrowed the class of individuals who qualify as independent contractors under…
USA
- April 2 2018
On Monday, April 2, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that car dealerships do not have to pay service advisers overtime under federal…
USA
- March 26 2018
In Part 1 of the series reexamining harassment policies and procedures, we looked at common harassment investigation missteps and how to correct them…