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Seek “Recent Graduates” for a Job Opening, Risk a Lawsuit

Employer job advertisements are, once again, coming under scrutiny. A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made headlines when it filed a lawsuit against a restaurant...

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Labor Board Hounded by Another Appointment Controversy

For much of the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has been operating as, at least from the perspective of some, a rogue agency (and not just because of its willingness to...

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Be Careful What You Say During a Union Organizing Campaign

At the same time that the current National Labor Relations Board is giving employees what seems like the unfettered ability to engage in disparagement, profane outbursts, and racist comments that...

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Seventh Circuit Reins in EEOC: Agency Cannot Bypass Conciliation Requirement

On December 17, the Seventh Circuit in U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 14-3653 (7th Cir. Dec. 17, 2015), rejected the EEOC’s aggressive effort to sue an employer...

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DOL Asserts “As Broad as Possible” Joint Employer Standard for Wage and Hour...

In new guidance issued on January 20, the Department of Labor (DOL) has aggressively interpreted its authority “as broad as possible” to hold employers responsible for wage and hour violations...

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New DOL Joint Employment Standards Affect Auto Employers

Joint employer relationships are commonplace in the automotive industry. From auto makers that contract with other companies for parts to auto dealers that utilize franchise arrangements, the auto...

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DOL’s Increased Salary Test: What Employers Need to Know

For months, employers have been anxiously awaiting the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and wondering whether the DOL would...

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Moving Away From The “Mad Men” Era: The OFCCP Updates Its Sex Discrimination...

For the first time since 1970, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. These updates,...

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Court Blocks Overtime Rule; Employers Off the Hook on December 1 Changes (For...

On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) overtime rule from taking effect on December 1. We discussed...

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Expanded Joint Employer Standard Under Attack; What Employers Should Do in...

It appears that the days of expanded joint employer liability may be numbered, as the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2015 Browning-Ferris decision comes under attack on multiple...

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Seek “Recent Graduates” for a Job Opening, Risk a Lawsuit

Employer job advertisements are, once again, coming under scrutiny. A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made headlines when it filed a lawsuit against a restaurant...

View Article

Labor Board Hounded by Another Appointment Controversy

For much of the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has been operating as, at least from the perspective of some, a rogue agency (and not just because of its willingness to...

View Article

Be Careful What You Say During a Union Organizing Campaign

At the same time that the current National Labor Relations Board is giving employees what seems like the unfettered ability to engage in disparagement, profane outbursts, and racist comments that...

View Article


Seventh Circuit Reins in EEOC: Agency Cannot Bypass Conciliation Requirement

On December 17, the Seventh Circuit in U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. 14-3653 (7th Cir. Dec. 17, 2015), rejected the EEOC’s aggressive effort to sue an employer...

View Article

DOL Asserts “As Broad as Possible” Joint Employer Standard for Wage and Hour...

In new guidance issued on January 20, the Department of Labor (DOL) has aggressively interpreted its authority “as broad as possible” to hold employers responsible for wage and hour violations...

View Article


New DOL Joint Employment Standards Affect Auto Employers

Joint employer relationships are commonplace in the automotive industry. From auto makers that contract with other companies for parts to auto dealers that utilize franchise arrangements, the auto...

View Article

DOL’s Increased Salary Test: What Employers Need to Know

For months, employers have been anxiously awaiting the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and wondering whether the DOL would...

View Article


Moving Away From The “Mad Men” Era: The OFCCP Updates Its Sex Discrimination...

For the first time since 1970, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. These updates,...

View Article

Court Blocks Overtime Rule; Employers Off the Hook on December 1 Changes (For...

On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) overtime rule from taking effect on December 1. We discussed...

View Article

Expanded Joint Employer Standard Under Attack; What Employers Should Do in...

It appears that the days of expanded joint employer liability may be numbered, as the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2015 Browning-Ferris decision comes under attack on multiple...

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