Labor and Employment

As Summer Hiring Season Approaches, Employers Should Be Aware of Wage Payment Rules for Interns

May 19, 2014

How the Labor Department classifies interns, and three issues that have disqualified many persons from intern status in the past.

Are Provisions in Your Social Media Policy Overbroad? The NLRB Might Think So

May 19, 2014

Employees talking to one another over social media is equivalent to watercooler conversation, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge ruled recently, saying employers cannot limit conversation on one medium and not the other.

Can An Employee Accept A Severance Payment And Still File A Discrimination Claim?

May 19, 2014

According to the EEOC, in a recent decision, not only is the answer “yes,” but any severance agreement limiting the employee’s right to file a charge of discrimination is unenforceable and illegal.

Gay Rights Lag In The C-Suite

May 19, 2014

The gay rights movement has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, but not in  the C-Suite, the New […]

Swiss Voters Shoot Down $25 Minimum Wage

May 19, 2014

By a more than three-to-one margin, Swiss voters rejected a proposal to institute the country’s first minimum wage at $25 […]

Named Plaintiff Balks At Silicon Valley Hiring Settlement

May 13, 2014

A free-lance computer scientist, one of four named plaintiffs in the recently settled class action against some of Silicon Valley’s […]

At-Will Doctrine Alive And Well In Texas

May 12, 2014

Attorney David Barron of the Cozen O’Connor firm reviews a case in which Du Pont induced employees to join a […]

Antitrust Implications Of Silicon Valley Employee Raiding Settlement

May 12, 2014

Ogletree Deakins attorney Thomas McInerney blogs about the national implications of a settlement in an employee raiding case out of […]

California Bill Would Protect Long-Term Temporary Workers

May 12, 2014

A California bill would crack down on the use of long-term temporary workers in lieu of regular employees, a trend […]

Gender Gap Persists In Billing Rates, Study Finds

May 8, 2014

Billing rates for female lawyers were about 10 percent lower on average than those  of their male counterparts, a study […]

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