By Cogan Schneier | June 29, 2017
A Jones Day partner who's defended major companies against discrimination lawsuits is President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
By Erin Mulvaney and Mike Scarcella | June 29, 2017
Janet Dhillon, a veteran corporate in-house lawyer who led the legal departments at US Airways and JCPenney and now oversees Burlington Stores Inc.'s team, was picked Wednesday for a seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a recent talk, Dhillon, who got her start at Skadden Arps, gave advice to law firms that want to do business with her company. Here are the highlights.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 28, 2017
Management tactics that weed out older workers have pushed federal regulators and anti-discrimination groups to train an eye on hiring rather than firing when it comes to protecting against age bias, an effort advocates acknowledge is a steeper hill with increasingly narrowed protections for aging workers.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 28, 2017
With President Donald Trump's nominees on their way to the Senate, labor and employment attorneys say the National Labor Relations Board is poised to roll back regulations with its first Republican majority in nearly a decade.
By Melanie Waddell, ThinkAdvisor | June 28, 2017
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton on Tuesday signaled that the agency is moving ahead on a coordinated fiduciary rule with the Department of Labor.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 27, 2017
Glassdoor general Counsel Brad Serwin recently spoke with Corporate Counsel about the company's subpoena fight with the federal government, the company itself and the implications of the outcome of the appeals court ruling. What follows are excerpts from that conversation.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 27, 2017
William Emanuel, a Los Angeles-based management-side attorney, will be President Donald Trump's second pick for the National Labor Relations Board, a move that would give the long incomplete five-member panel a Republican majority poised to adopt pro-employer stances.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 26, 2017
Fifty major companies, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and S&P Global Inc., urged a New York federal appeals court Monday to embrace sexual orientation protection under civil rights laws, arguing that discrimination against gay and lesbian workers "takes a heavy toll" on bottom lines.
By Marcia Coyle | June 21, 2017
Big-business advocates are lining up with the Trump administration's new position in the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace arbitration agreements banning class actions do not violate federal labor law.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 21, 2017
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday promoted apprenticeship programs as key to closing the skills gap in a speech to a friendly audience of the National Association of Manufacturers, the powerful trade group that participated in many lawsuits against the U.S. Labor Department during the Obama administration.
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