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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
Outside Publication | Article
Christopher Weals
Presentation | Speech
Daryl Landy
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Michael Ossip, Michael Puma, Sarah Bouchard
The Philadelphia City Council has passed a new ordinance, effective July 1, 2012, that will require certain employers in the City of Philadelphia to provide their employees with paid sick leave. The ordinance, which will become... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
A new tidal wave of employment laws is about to flood the shores of California. On January 1, 2012, multiple new laws will take effect in California, and they will have a significant impact on the employment practices of compani... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined five other circuits in ruling that employer stock in a 401(k) plan is subject to a "presumption of prudence" that a plaintiff alleging fiduc... more
Presentation | Speech
Eric Bord
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On September 6, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) enacted new regulations that conform the executive, administrative, professional, outside salesperson, and highly compensated exemptions under ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
On October 12, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce conducted a hearing regarding new legislation—the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094)—which would prevent the National Labor Relations Bo... more
Presentation | Speech
Charles Cohen