Labor and Employment

9th Circuit Considers the Casting Couch

California’s Civil Code 51.9 was enacted decades ago to codify a woman’s right to work free from unwanted sexual advances, […]

Do Workers Face Covid Risk From The New Joint Employer Ruling?

The general counsel of the Service Employees International Union calls it “outrageous and shameful.” The NLRB ruling, which went into […]

Employees Working At Home? Read Your Cyber Policy

Some policies exclude devices not owned by the “named insured”; some require that the named insured have an on-the-record….

Compliance Officers Should Have Executive Authority

“Sure, it’s crazy to think that any for-profit corporation would cede such power to compliance officers,” writes Richard Cassin. Nevertheless, […]

EEOC Says Companies Can Test Employees For Virus

Restricting access to the workplace based on a medical exam is normally frowned upon by the EEOC, but not so […]

Antibody Tests Were Rushed; Setback For A Back-to-Work Strategy

Covid-19 antibody tests, considered crucial to any rational back-to-work strategy, have been rushed to market, and many are proving to […]

How Not To Do “Austerity Rollouts”

Some law firms have already furloughed employees, cut salaries or laid off employees in response to the Covid crisis, and […]

End Times Near? Executives Cutting Their Own Salaries

By the end of March, hundreds of companies worldwide had announced “drastic cuts” to the pay of senior executives…

Flash Survey: How 900 Companies Are Handling Virus Employment Issues

It’s fair to say the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest jolt to the workplace at least since WWII. A “flash […]

Unpaid Leaves And Furloughs During The Pandemic

At a time of unprecedented stress in many sectors of the economy, some employers are looking to unpaid leaves of […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top