Labor and Employment

For Intern Test, Appeals Court Recognizes “Economic Realities”

October 12, 2015

An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision appears to reject the Department of Labor’s six-factor test for determining whether an […]

Amazon Queries Employees On Workplace Problems

October 12, 2015

After a New York Times article painted a brutal picture of Amazon’s office work environment, the tech giant is using […]

Food Delivery Apps Face Worker Classification Lawsuits

October 12, 2015

Food delivery apps have become the latest companies in the on-demand economy to be hit by lawsuits claiming employees are […]

Contractors Brace For “Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces”

October 9, 2015

Executive Order E.O. 13673 (“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces”) was issued in July of 2014. Given the breadth of this […]

Hard Lessons From A Grisly Accident

October 9, 2015

Following the horrific death of an employee, Bumble Bee Foods announced its agreement to pay $6 million in a criminal […]

Criminal Background Checks A Dilemma For Employers

October 9, 2015

There is currently no federal law that prohibits using conviction information in the hire decision or refusing to hire someone […]

Practical Steps For Franchisors To Avoid Joint Liability

October 7, 2015

With its August decision in the Browning-Ferris case, the National Labor Relations Board widened its working definition of joint-employer, and […]

NLRB: No Drug Test If No Union Rep Present

October 6, 2015

A recent National Labor Relations Board decision confirmed that if an employee requests the presence of a union representative during […]

How To Fire An Executive

October 5, 2015

Planning and Implementing an executive’s “removal” presents a number of practical issues that require careful attention, writes Dechert attorney Charles […]

Largest U.S. Union Endorses Hillary

October 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton, whose candidacy has struggled because of a stream of news about her use of a private email server […]

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