Labor and Employment

Charlize Theron And Transparency In Fighting The Gender Pay Gap

When the massive Sony hack revealed that many actresses in Hollywood are paid less than their male counterparts, Charlize Theron […]

Key Employee-Benefit Provisions In Last-Minute 2014 Laws

In December, President Obama signed two cryptically named pieces of legislation, shorthanded as “the Cromnibus” and “the Extender Act.” The […]

California Court Mandates Pay For ‘Sleep Time’

The California Supreme Court ruled this week that for some occupations—such as 24-hour security guards who sleep for eight hours […]

SCOTUS Dings Obama Administration On Drug Deportation

The case of a Tunisian professor with two Master’s degrees who was deported after he was found with four pills […]

Wages Not Buoyed In Economic Recovery

Though employment numbers keep improving, wages for the average worker have not increased, according to the New York Times. Employers […]

A Needed Redefinition Of “Full-Time” Work

Writing on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website, Sean Hackbarth looks at the pros and cons of changing the definition […]

Employers Appeal To SCOTUS Over EEOC’s ‘Systemic Litigation’ Discrimination Cases

The government has not put enough effort into settling discrimination lawsuits, an Illinois mining company is arguing before the Supreme […]

Court: Executive Exemption For Employee Evaluators

Varying supervisory duties can prompt claims that employees do not qualify for the executive exemption. Jackson Lewis attorney Noel Tripp […]

ADA Claim Founders, Discharge Of Worker With “A History” Upheld

A post from Ogletree Deakins looks at a recent case out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This case […]

American Airlines, Pilot Union Near Deal For 23 Percent Raises

American Airlines and the union representing its pilots have approved a final contract that, if approved, would award the pilots […]

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