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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Alexandra G. Farone | May 24, 2024
The same day it voted to publish the final rule, tax services and software company Ryan LLC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas seeking an injunction to stop the implementation of the ban. The following day, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three other business groups filed a similar lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas challenging the ban.
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By Charles Toutant | May 23, 2024
Under the federal version of WARN, an employer must give workers a written notice 60 days before a mass layoff or plant closing. New Jersey's version of WARN, which was updated in 2023, now requires 90 days of notice of a plant closing or mass layoff.
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By Mason Lawlor | May 22, 2024
"[Smithfield's] sole proffered justification for including Hahn in their RIF is an alleged refusal to relocate her employment to Smithfield, Virginia," the complaint said. "The group of at least 18 employees whom [the defendants] did not terminate included at least one 30-year-old senior sales account manager who worked remotely, received a request to relocate, and ultimately did not relocate."
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By Cheryl Miller | May 21, 2024
The justices suggested the Legislature may still be able to extend workers' compensation coverage to app-based drivers if Prop 22 survives.
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By Jonathan M. Sabin | May 21, 2024
A discussion of an employer's ability to regulate employee political activity inside and outside of the workplace. "In the current era of heightened political discourse, seamless social media and hybrid work arrangements, employers face difficult questions as to the extent to which they can lawfully limit or prohibit employee political conduct in and outside of the workplace. Just ask Google…"
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By Jeffrey Campolongo | May 21, 2024
The ruling serves as a reminder to legal practitioners that pleadings should not be used as a testing ground for defenses but rather as a platform for assertions grounded in existing evidence and legal principles.
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By Edward T. Kang | May 17, 2024
As a growing body of academic literature asserts, noncompetes are restraints against competition, and they are harmful to both employees and the economy. As one of the major levers that the federal government has over the economy, antitrust laws can provide significant deterrence to abuse of noncompetes by employers.
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By Cheryl Miller | May 16, 2024
State legislators also shelved bills that would have set rules for AI-generated evidence and for when a boss can contact a worker after hours.
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By Aleeza Furman | May 16, 2024
U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion from Penn to dismiss claims that it defamed anthropologist Dr. Janet Monge through its reaction to accusations that she had acted unethically in her handling of the remains of the 1985 MOVE bombing victims.
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By Sulaiman Abdur Rahman | May 15, 2024
Risa L. Lieberwitz, a professor of labor and employment law in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said the D.C. Circuit's majority opinion is "quite a significant decision."
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