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Federal Appeals Court Includes Sexual Orientation in Title VII Protection for First Time
A landmark decision from a federal appeals court declared for the first time that sex discrimination includes discrimination ...
Learn MoreAnother Reason to Tread Carefully When Using Criminal Backgrounds Checks in Hiring Decisions
A recent consent decree between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a southeastern Pennsylvania compa...
Learn MoreMandatory Use of Payroll Debit Cards Violates Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law
Over 2,300 current and former employees of 16 McDonald’s franchisee locations in Pennsylvania claimed that mandatory use of...
Learn MoreSEC: Review Severance Agreements For Unlawful Anti-Whistleblower Provisions
On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled with Atlanta-based BlueLinx Holdings over claims that...
Learn MoreThe Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act – Immediate Implications for Businesses That Utilize Employment Agreements and Contracts To Protect Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Information
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), which provides uniform fe...
Learn MoreBREAKING NEWS – The DOL Issues the Final Version of its Much-Anticipated Overtime Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final version of its long awaited federal overtime regulations, which are a...
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Another Statute With Broad Whistleblower Protections – The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
In April, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its final rule governing unlawful retaliation ...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Approves “Trial By Formula” in Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions Making It Easier For Workers To Prove Monetary Damages
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo that will have major implica...
Learn MoreDOL’s Final Overtime Rule Sent to OMB – Likely To Be Published Late Spring
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) sent its much anticipated final rule expanding overtime protections to million...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Rules That Unaccepted Settlement Offers and Offers of Judgment Can’t End Consumer Class Action Lawsuits
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court limited a tool that defendants had used to settle costly class action litigation through se...
Learn MoreThird Circuit Holds That Jury Must Decide If Temporary Workers Are Employees Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
Last week, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to retailer ...
Learn MoreMcDonald’s Mandatory Use of Payroll Cards Violates Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law
Over 2,300 current and former employees of 16 McDonald’s franchisee locations in Pennsylvania claim that requiring the use ...
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