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EEOC Will Begin Collecting 2017 and 2018 Pay Data from Employers in Mid-July...
A federal judge recently ordered that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) collect two years of Component 2 EEO-1 data, including employees’ hours worked and W-2 compensation...
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State Law Round-Up: Developments in Wage and Hour (CO, MA, ME, WA),...
It’s been an active few weeks since our last State Law Round-Up in mid-April 2019, with a number of bills being signed into new laws and case developments impacting employers in many US states over...
View ArticleClarity at last in French unfair dismissal cases
Employers are relieved! One of the most talked-about provisions of the Macron ordinances has been confirmed as valid by the French Court of Cassation (Supreme Court). The cap on compensation for unfair...
View ArticleChanges in Polish employment laws bring new costs:benefits equation
This Autumn brings quite a few changes for Polish employers. Not only do new pension plans called PPK (Pracownicze Plany Kapitałowe) became a reality for the biggest Polish employers in the fourth...
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Salary History Bans Continue to Gain Momentum Across the Country (AL, IL, NJ,...
The list of states and cities implementing prohibitions on employer salary history inquiries continues to grow. On June 10, 2019, Alabama enacted the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act (“CFEPA”), the state’s...
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California Passes Sweeping New Law Limiting Employer Use Of Independent...
AB 5, and its “ABC test,” expected to have greatest impact in “gig economy” jobs, but impact certain to be even more widely felt After a summer of lobbying and debating, the California Assembly...
View ArticleSexual harassment in the workplace, Part 4 – assessment of injured feelings...
Here is a mildly disconcerting decision issued by the Employment Appeal Tribunal about the calculation of compensation for injury to feelings in discrimination cases. Mr Komeng was found by the ET to...
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Department of Labor Announces Final Overtime Rule, Modifies Salary Threshold...
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final overtime rule. Under the current DOL rules implementing the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), to be exempt...
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Update on EEOC Pay Data Reporting: EEOC Asks Court to End EEO-1 Component 2...
As we most recently reported here and here, as of September 30, 2019, employers with 100 or more employees (and federal contractors with 50 or more employees) were required to report to the federal...
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EEOC Must Continue Collecting Pay Data Until January 31, 2020 (US)
On October 29, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the EEOC must continue to take all steps necessary to complete EEO-1 Component 2 data collection for calendar...
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US Department Of Labor Issues Final Rule On Joint Employer Status Under The...
Rule establishes standard under which two employers will be deemed jointly and severally liable under the Fair Labor Standards Act as of March 16, 2020 In January 2016, we posted about an...
View ArticleState Law Round Up: Philadelphia’s Salary History Ban Upheld and More! (US)
Philadelphia’s Salary History Ban Upheld On February 6, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in favor of the City of Philadelphia, upholding the constitutionality of the City’s...
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WEBINAR 16 March 2020: Addressing Coronavirus Practically and Legally: What...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), commonly known as the “coronavirus,” is now impacting employers all across the US. Every organization should have a plan of action in place concerning the...
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US DOL Releases Additional Guidance Regarding Families First Coronavirus...
On March 25, we reported that the US Department of Labor (DOL) had begun to release informal guidance regarding its interpretation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which requires...
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US Department of Labor Publishes Regulations Clarifying Various Aspects of...
Some questions answered, many still remain On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released new regulations (29 CFR Part 826), attempting to clarify certain provisions in the Families...
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SPB IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Part...
During the second half of March 2020, the US Congress passed three landmark pieces of legislation addressing the COVID-19 (a/k/a novel coronavirus) pandemic. One of these was the Families First...
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SBP IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Part...
In the first part of our in-depth analysis of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and its accompanying regulations, we addressed employer coverage and employee eligibility issues under...
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SBP IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Part...
The first two installments of our five-part in-depth analysis of the emergency paid sick leave and public health emergency paid family leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...
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SPB IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Part...
The first three installments of our five-part series analyzing the US Department of Labor regulations interpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) examined eligibility and coverage...
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SPB IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS – The Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Part...
Previous installments of our series analyzing in detail the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the regulations interpreting that law issued by the US Department of Labor addressed the...
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