The federal government’s labor watchdog is using a more employer-friendly test to determine whether employers unlawfully…
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Uncertainty Persists in Web Accessibility and ADA
Companies will wait longer for guidance after U.S. Supreme Court rejects Domino’s Pizza appealCompanies’ hopes the U.S. Supreme Court would soon shed some light on website accessibility, and perhaps…
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California Privacy Law’s Draft Regulations Revealed
California Attorney General’s proposal adds clarity — as well as obligations — for businesses preparing to comply with the CCPAAs the Jan. 1 effective date approaches for the nation’s toughest data privacy law, businesses have…
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Employers Wait for SCOTUS Title VII Ruling
More than 200 businesses have asked court to expand law’s protectionsby Julia Cardiby Julia CardiFifty-five years after Congress passed the landmark civil rights law, the U.S. Supreme Court is set…
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Overtime Ceiling Set to Rise in January
Labor Department finalizes rule making 1.3 million more white-collar workers eligible for overtime payEmployers have three months to prepare for the U.S. Department of Labor’s newly finalized overtime rule.…
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California Privacy Law Amendments Won’t Dull Its Impact
Legislature approves tweaks to the CCPA, and now businesses await action from the state’s attorney generalCompanies doing business in California have been watching to see if the state’s legislature would water…
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Misclassification Per Se Doesn’t Violate Labor Law, NLRB Rules
In Velox Express, board majority delivers another employer-friendly independent contractor-related decisionEmployers face a litany of liabilities if they misclassify employees as independent contractors. But at least…
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Tenth Circuit: School’s Grievance Process Foils Liability
Panel weighs in on qualified immunity and ‘cat’s paw’ theory in employer-friendly opinionWhen a college cited a professor’s“noncollegial” behavior for deciding to let him go, the professor responded…
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Companies Weigh Options Amid Trade War
$300 billion of Chinese goods will have new tariffs in place Sept. 1The U.S.-China trade war escalated again on Friday when China announced a new round of tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods. This comes after President Donald Trump announced via tweet that the U.S. would apply a 10% tariff on another $300 billion worth of Chinese imports.
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EEOC’s Pay Data Reporting Deadline Approaches
As employers begin filing pay data with EEO-1s, questions linger as to how the government will handle itAfter a contentious rulemaking process, an administration change and finally a federal court order, it is now the new normal for many employers to send their pay equity data to the federal government.