Labor & Employment

California Court Mandates Pay For ‘Sleep Time’

The California Supreme Court ruled this week that for some occupations—such as 24-hour security guards who sleep for eight hours […]

SCOTUS Dings Obama Administration On Drug Deportation

The case of a Tunisian professor with two Master’s degrees who was deported after he was found with four pills […]

Wages Not Buoyed In Economic Recovery

Though employment numbers keep improving, wages for the average worker have not increased, according to the New York Times. Employers […]

A Needed Redefinition Of “Full-Time” Work

Writing on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website, Sean Hackbarth looks at the pros and cons of changing the definition […]

Employers Appeal To SCOTUS Over EEOC’s ‘Systemic Litigation’ Discrimination Cases

The government has not put enough effort into settling discrimination lawsuits, an Illinois mining company is arguing before the Supreme […]

Court: Executive Exemption For Employee Evaluators

Varying supervisory duties can prompt claims that employees do not qualify for the executive exemption. Jackson Lewis attorney Noel Tripp […]

ADA Claim Founders, Discharge Of Worker With “A History” Upheld

A post from Ogletree Deakins looks at a recent case out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This case […]

American Airlines, Pilot Union Near Deal For 23 Percent Raises

American Airlines and the union representing its pilots have approved a final contract that, if approved, would award the pilots […]

Job Applicant Personality Testing And The ADA

Personality testing of job applicants is becoming more common, and according to one estimate is now a $500 million a […]

McDonald’s Cited As “Joint Employer”

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, alleging retaliation against employees who participated in union organizing activities, has […]

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