Labor and Employment
Hundreds of companies in the U.S., including some of the largest banks, are taking out life insurance policies on their […]
Intensive workplace surveillance of workers has become a business, and it’s doing well. One product is essentially a smart badge, […]
Yahoo has joined Google and a small number of other tech firms in divulging demographic information about its workforce. In […]
A decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals provides the defendant in an ADA case with the possibility of […]
Two Amazon workers have died at the company’s fulfillment centers since December. , OSHA cited five companies following the December […]
When considering a strategy to protect against lawsuits from participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, companies should look critically at fiduciary […]
The case, involving a photojournalist who worked for the New York Post as an independent contractor but fought to claim unemployment when the Post severed ties, serves as a reminder that federal and state agencies continue to aggressively pursue employers failing to classify their employees properly.
Employers can expect more on-site audits from the Labor Department as part of its normal procedures in investigating FMLA violations, according to statements made by Branch Chief Helen Applewhaite.
In light of the $300 million antitrust class action settlement with Google, Apple, Intel and other Silicon Valley heavyweights, employers should remember that an understanding between competitors not to hire, or solicit each other’s employees that is unmoored from some broader agreement, like a non disclosure agreement, is sure to ring alarm bells.
President Obama will sign an executive order forbidding federal contractors – about twenty percent of the workforce , according to […]
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