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The Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues Retailers Will Face in 2017
Diane M. Saunders
The public-facing nature of their businesses also has an enormous impact on employment issues within retail establishments.
Four Steps to Effectively Assist Clients in Managing Global Labor and Employment Law Issues
FordHarrison
The Labor and Employment Reform that the Colombian Post-Conflict Needs
Diego Felipe Valdivieso Rueda
How the DOL's Final Rule on White Collar Exemptions Compares To Its Original Proposal
Megan Erickson Moritz
We finally know details of the Department of Labor’s long-awaited Final Rule updating the executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales exemptions – i.e., the so-called “white collar” exemptions.
FAQs on the Final Overtime Regulations
Tracy A. Miller
On March 13, 2014, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum directing the Department to update and modernize the Part 541 regulations.
DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule and Salary Threshold for Exemption
Megan Erickson Moritz
The Department of Labor is proposing a hike to the salary threshold requirement for exempted employees.
An Interview With Gleiss Lutz
Best Lawyers
Germany's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” in Labor and Employment Law
How Dentons Russia Dominates the Global Market
Best Lawyers
Florian Schneider of 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" winner Dentons Russia discusses his career accomplishments.
OSHA Officially Increases Civil Penalties by 78 Percent
John F. Martin
Under the interim rule, the maximum penalties for workplace safety violations issued by OSHA will spike by 78.16 percent, effective August 1, 2016.
Section 7 v. Title VII = Heavyweight Match
Ann Holden Kendell
In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. NLRB (Case 08–CA–087155), a bargaining unit employee yelled racist statements to African-American replacement workers while he was on a picket line.
The Best Defense Against FLSA Lawsuits for Unpaid Overtime
Maureen E. Carr
Six strategies to avoid costly liability.
Unlocking the Supply Chain
Brittany K. Lazzaro
How Supply-Chain Transparency—Legal, Regulatory, and via Increasing Consumer Scrutiny—Is Forcing Companies to Take a Hard Look at Forced Labor Worldwide.
How Spain's Garrigues Trains a Millenial Workforce
Best Lawyers
In an interview with Best Lawyers, Adriano Gómez of "Law Firm of the Year" Garrigues in Spain offers a look at his career success, labor and employment law, and embracing a millennial workforce.
New York's New Sexual Harassment Law: What Employers Need to Know
Ann E. Evanko
New York's Stop Sexual Harassment Act goes into effect in October 2019.
Portugal Is Legislating Its Way to a Fairer Workplace
Best Lawyers
Pedro Pardal Goulão of Morais Leitão discusses the big changes coming to Portugal in his "Law Firm of the Year" interview.
Q&A with 2018 Portuguese Labor and Employment and Technology Law “Law Firm of the Year” PLMJ Advogados
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with 2018 Portuguese “Law Firm of the Year” PLMJ
Q&A with Herb Gerson of FordHarrison
Best Lawyers
A Q&A with Advisory Board member herb Gerson of FordHarrison on the current climate surrounding his practice area and the firm.
Religious Symbols in the Workplace: Recent Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Pascale Lagesse
Is it discrimination for a workplace to ban employees from display political, philosophical, and religious symbols in the work environment?
Supreme Court Denies Review of NFL Players’ Concussion Settlement
Alexandra A. Bodnar
The case will now return to the district court to implement the settlement and begin the payout to retired players. More than 100 former players opted out of the class settlement, reserving the right to sue the NFL on their own.
Must Your Stadium, Theater, or Museum Offer Complimentary Admission to Personal Care Providers?
David Raizman and Amber L. Roller
Whatever type of business or public accommodation you operate, you may want to have a policy or protocol in place to evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, any requests for complimentary admission for a PCA.
The Other Shoe Drops—The NLRB’s “Contingent Workforce” Activism Continues
Timothy C. Kamin
The NLRB will now permit a single bargaining unit to include employees who are solely employed by an employer along with other employees who are jointly employed by that employer and a staffing provider, all without the consent of either employer.
Restrictive Covenants in Michigan: A Cent, a Peppercorn, or Continued At-Will Employment
Martin C. Brook
The Michigan Supreme Court, in a 2002 case, has commented that a “cent or a pepper corn, in legal estimation, would constitute a valuable consideration.” Essentially, this means that courts refrain from evaluating the quality of the deal, i.e., whether it was good or bad for one party.
Value Play
Kim F. Ebert
Impeccable skills are no longer enough: Why lawyers must increasingly take into account clients’ expectations about representation’s true worth.
For Large Employers Obamacare Is Still Alive and Well
Felicia A. Finston
Large employers will not get a pass in 2017 in terms of monitoring and reporting the group health plan coverage they provide their employees.
Combating Punitive Damages Awards on Appeal
Lynn Kappelman and Dawn Solowey
While the trial team’s deep knowledge of the trial record is an important resource, if that team does not also have appellate experience, consider an appellate specialist to lead the next phase of the case.
FAQs on 'Generation Z' in the Workplace
Fisher Phillips
A classic managerial mistake is to focus so much on the present that you ignore what’s about to come around the corner. And what’s about to come around the corner at your workplace is the next generation of American worker.
