Labor and Employment

EEOC Sues CVS For ‘Overly Burdensome’ Severance Agreement

The EEOC has taken issue with CVS’ employee severance agreements, saying in a lawsuit filed in the Northern Illinois District […]

White House Delays Health Insurance Mandate To 2016

Medium-sized companies – between 50 and 99 workers – will receive an extension to 2016 on the deadline for providing […]

Must Employees Be Paid For Training Time?

Employers should evaluate policies for establishing when worker training or other meetings fall under hours worked. For example, if the […]

Potential OSHA Sleeper Issue: Loud Data-Centers

An IT publications consultant, who says his ears still ring from years in the military working in shipboard engine rooms, […]

NLRB Issues New Proposed “Quickie” Election Rules

After an unsuccessful effort to implement new election rules in 2011, the NLRB has issued proposed election rules that would substantially speed up the existing union election process.

Court Upholds Forum Selection Clause Over Plaintiff’s Claims of Inconvenience and Expense

A British multinational that offered, then quickly cancelled, a bonus incentive plan to senior management, including a worker in Pennsylvania, can be sued – but in England, a U.S. District Court ruled.

What is a Workday?

What is the meaning of a ‘legal day’s work,” and does it restrict employers and employees who would like to have longer workshifts?

Business and Temp Agency Both Get OSHA Fines

Less than a year ago an OSHA official, speaking publicly, decried dangerous working conditions encountered by temporary workers, “who often […]

Patenting Headache When Employee-Inventor Leaves

Patent applicants rarely worry about validity challenges based on applications filed later, but in some circumstances these can pose a […]

Addressing Employment-Related Retaliation Claims

Illegal retaliation occurs when a company takes a punitive or adverse action against a person (usually an employee) in response […]

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