Labor & Employment Publications of Interest

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Michael Ossip, Corrie Conway, Silvia LeBlanc, Sarah Andrews

Proposed rules impact exigency leave and military caregiver leave and include clarifications on increments of intermittent leave.

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Despite the DLSE's effort to provide guidance to employers on compliance with the act, questions remain.

Presentation | Webinar
Lisa Burton, Jeffrey Bodle, Eleanor Pelta

Morgan Lewis partners, Jeffrey Bodle, Lisa Burton, and Eleanor Pelta presented the Venture Ready Entrepreneur Workshop Series webinar focusing on immigration. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, entrepreneurs drive Am... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Class Actions LawFlash
Litigation Practice

Second Circuit sidesteps Concepcion and holds that the ability to enforce federal statutory rights mandates that a plaintiff be allowed to pursue a class action in court notwithstanding the parties' agreement to mandatory arbitration.

LawFlash/Client Alert | Advertising, Consumer Protection, and Privacy LawFlash
Celia Kendrick, François Vergne, Matthew Howse, Walter Ahrens

European Commission proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation aims to strengthen and harmonise data protection law across Europe.

Presentation | Webinar
Claudia Hinsch, David Fuller, Michael Puma

Morgan Lewis presents the second webinar in our two-part series discussing the treatment of independent workers by the legislative and executive branches, including proposed independent contractor legislation and developments... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Newly enacted New Jersey Trade Secrets Act protects businesses against actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets, providing for injunctive relief, damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

The NLRB in D.R. Horton holds that the home builder violated the NLRA by conditioning employment on agreements providing that all employment disputes and claims would be resolved in arbitration, and foreclosing any litigation of "class" or "collective" claims in court or arbitration.

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

DLSE issues template notice for use by employers.

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Employers covered by the NLRA should prepare for the possibility of organizing campaigns with expedited representation election procedures that provide extremely limited pre-election hearings and restrictive appeal options; elections will be held much more quickly than the current median of 38 days after the petition is filed.

Outside Publication | Chapter
Michael Puma

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Expansive new proposals by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs would increase the affirmative action requirements for individuals with disabilities.

Outside Publication | Article
Julia Sturniolo, Azeez Hayne, Lauren Buechner

In the past decade, it has become increasingly common for 401(k) plan participants to sue plan fiduciaries for alleged mismanagement of plan assets. For a variety of reasons, participants have generally filed these actions under ... more

Presentation | Webinar
Jonathan Fritts, Ross Friedman

This one-hour interactive webinar addressed the key implications of recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and rulemaking initiatives promoting union organizing, which impact all employers covered by the National... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On November 23, Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts signed House Bill 3810 into law. The law prohibits private employers with six or more employees in Massachusetts from discriminating against employees and applicants on th... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

By a 2–1 vote today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) decided to move forward with major changes to the Board's representation election procedures. The vote adopted a subset of procedural reforms first pr... more

Outside Publication | Article
Grace Speights, Paul Evans

The U.S. Supreme Court's June 20 decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes et al. dealt a huge blow to plaintiffs seeking to certify employment discrimination class actions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, as well as con... more

Outside Publication | Article
Michael Ossip, David McManus, Christina Grese

In light of the ADAAA's broad definition of disability, it is imperative for employers to understand the new standards being applied in determining whether an individual has a covered disability, and focus their efforts on the in... more

Outside Publication | Article
Jason Mills

Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin summarizes legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments in California employment law, as well as significant developments in related federal law. more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Rachel Ashwood

Radical reforms to the UK employment law system—possibly the most radical in decades—were outlined on 23 November by Vince Cable, the UK's Business Secretary. The announcement came after months of speculation and in... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Effective January 1, 2012, the required minimum pay/salary for those employees exempt from overtime under the California computer professional exemption is increasing. According to the California Department of Industrial Relati... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Richard Rosenblatt, Thomas Linthorst

On October 24, we published a LawFlash[1] discussing regulations enacted by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) conforming the executive, administrative, prof... more

Outside Publication | Article
Grace Speights, Paul Evans

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On August 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a Final Rule (Rule) that requires all employers subject to the Board's jurisdiction—i.e., the vast majority of employers doing business in the United ... more

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Richard Rosenblatt, James Walsh, Jr., Rene Johnson, Thomas Linthorst

The New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) has issued a new six-page notice regarding an employer's recordkeeping requirements under "[s]tate wage, benefit and tax laws" that must be posted conspicuously, and distributed to all ... more