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Perkins Coie LLP
Courts continue to explore whether the threshold for actionable "adverse employment actions" under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has been construed too narrowly.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Alyssa Jones, a former waitress at a Scottsdale, Arizona bar, sued the owner of the bar and his company (Riot) for violations of Title VII and common law tort claims.
Frantz Ward
On March 5, 2024, in State ex rel. Dillon v. Indus. Comm., Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-744, the Supreme Court of Ohio overruled its prior authority in State ex rel.
Pierson Ferdinand
Employment lawyers and human resources professionals regularly preach that managers must document employee performance issues as a best practice...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On February 7, 2024, in Jones v. Georgia Ports Authority, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment for an employer...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On February 12, 2024, the Ninth Circuit in Johnson v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, 93 F.4th 459 (9th Cir. 2024) vacated a district court's dismissal of a former employee's nonindividual PAGA claims.
Littler Mendelson
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments regarding whether it should reverse or modify the now famous (or infamous) 1984 case of Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council.
Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
Early this year, we updated you about rule changes regarding independent contractor classifications from the federal Department of Labor (DOL).
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
As the FLSA landscape continues to evolve, Seyfarth's national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group is pleased to share our observations and analysis of the 2023 FLSA litigation trends...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Labor's (DOL) new rule on the standard for determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act...
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Survivors of sexual abuse by priests and other clergy associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore must act quickly to assert their claims in the bankruptcy case.
Littler Mendelson
Companies that hire employees and engage independent contractors in California should brace themselves for an even greater slowdown in background checks that include criminal...
Withers LLP
California has introduced a host of new employment legislation and changes to existing laws in 2024.
Proskauer Rose LLP
All eyes will be on the United States this November as Americans head to the polls in the upcoming 2024 general election.
Goulston & Storrs
The plaintiff filed suit against UBS under the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The case of Oconomowoc Area School District v. Cota involved two brothers who worked for the Oconomowoc Area School District in grounds crew positions. The brothers allegedly took scrap metal...
Jones Day
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, no public company "may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee"...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") published its final rule that revises its guidance regarding the standard for assessing whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor...
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
On Feb. 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC that plaintiffs bringing whistleblower retaliation claims under Section 1514A of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002...
Ropes & Gray LLP
Plaintiffs bringing retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act do not have to prove their employers' "retaliatory intent," only that their whistleblowing activity contributed to their termination...
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