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Jan
4
2019
New Year, New Laws: A Summary of Workplace Law Changes, Effective January 1, 2019, in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
3
2019
Delaware State Court Holds That Medical Marijuana User May Proceed With Lawsuit Against Employer Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
3
2019
Appellate Courts Agree: Regular, Reliable Attendance Is Essential Function of Most Jobs Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
3
2019
union kNOw – January 2019 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
3
2019
DOL’s Opinion Letter Tackles Varying Average Wage Rates and FLSA Overtime Compliance Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
3
2019
IRS Issues Interim Guidance on Certain 2017 Tax Act Changes Affecting Exempt Organizations: Excess Remuneration and Parachute Payments Excise Tax Carlton Fields
Jan
3
2019
Hungary’s Labor Code Amendments Relax Overtime Limit Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
3
2019
E-Verify and the Government Shutdown Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
3
2019
Unionized Employers: NLRB Removes Key Hurdles for Deferring ULP Charges to Arbitration (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
3
2019
Connecticut’s Salary History Inquiry Prohibition Effective As Of January 1, 2019 Murtha Cullina
Jan
3
2019
Since 2019, PPK (Employee Capital Plans) are obligatory for employers engaging at least 250 people K&L Gates
Jan
3
2019
California State and Local Minimum Wage Rates to Increase in 2019 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
3
2019
In Latest Example of New Jersey’s Hostility to Arbitration, Appellate Division Holds that Agreement Stating that Either Party “May” Compel Arbitration Is Too “Ambiguous” to Enforce Faegre Drinker
Jan
2
2019
D.C. Circuit Wrestles with Board’s Controversial Browning-Ferris Decision Polsinelli PC
Jan
2
2019
UPDATE: The iCERT Portal System is currently unavailable Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
2
2019
Illinois Appellate Court Declines to Adopt Bright Line Rule That a Five Year Non-Compete Or a Three Year Non-Solicit Are Unenforceable Per Se Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
2
2019
Lawsuit Alert: New State Law Affirmative Duty to Safeguard Personal Data Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
2
2019
Connecticut Court Rules in Favor of Medical Marijuana User in Discrimination Case Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
2
2019
Michigan’s New Minimum Wage and Sick Leave Laws Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
2
2019
The E-2 Visa: A Potentially Useful Tool in Cross-Border M&As Carlton Fields
Jan
2
2019
Strict Updates to Massachusetts’ `Ban the Box’ Law Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
2
2019
Clear as Mud: Defined Benefit Plan Liability with Facility Sales, Restructurings and Cessations McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
2
2019
California State Disability Insurance (SDI) Increases Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
2
2019
2019 Labor and Employment Legislative Developments ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
2
2019
Procedural Guidance for Nonrenewal of Teacher & Administrator Contracts von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
2
2019
Give the Gift of Feedback to your Employees this Holiday Season! Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jan
2
2019
Court Grants Summary Judgment Where Decision-Maker Was Unaware of Plaintiff’s Medical History Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
2
2019
Most Recently Released DOL Opinion Letters Address Varying Average Hourly Rate and Ministerial Exception Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jan
1
2019
Washington Supreme Court Adopts a Favorable Standard for Proving Knowledge of Protected Conduct Zuckerman Law
Jan
1
2019
USCIS Ends Humanitarian Parole Program for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
31
2018
Connecticut’s Pay Equity Law Prohibits Salary History Inquiries Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
31
2018
A 2019 L&E Forecast for In-House Counsel, Part III: Section 7 and Joint Employment Issues on the Horizon Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
31
2018
D.C. Circuit Issues Confusing Browning-Ferris Decision: Exacerbating Uncertainty Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
31
2018
Counting Down the Top 5 Employment Class Action Developments of 2018 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
29
2018
St. Paul Will Gradually Phase In a $15 Minimum Wage Over the Next Several Years Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
 

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