September 06, 2017 | National Law Journal
Gig Companies Wary of Any Potential Policy Changes to Labor StructureAny policy changes proposed by Congress to regulate the gig economy should not tamp down on the businesses' ability to grow, the leader of the association that represents Google, Microsoft and other major companies in the technology industry told a U.S. House committee Wednesday.
By Erin Mulvaney
8 minute read
September 05, 2017 | National Law Journal
Judge Wants DOJ's Views on Website Accessibility for Blind UsersUncertainty over the scope of ADA regulatory protections has only increased in recent years, sparking a wave of lawsuits that seek to push the reach of the law beyond entrance ramps and bathroom access for people with disabilities. A California judge has invited the views of the US Justice Department into one constitutional dispute, against Pizza Hut, that is now on hold.
By Erin Mulvaney
7 minute read
September 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Harvey's Destruction Will Test Employers' Pay, Leave PoliciesThe destruction wreaked by Hurricane Harvey on Houston and greater southeast Texas will close businesses for an undetermined amount of time and potentially leave out of work tens of thousands of people stuck in shelters or grappling with flooded homes.
By ERIN MULVANEY
7 minute read
August 31, 2017 | National Law Journal
Harvey's Destruction Will Test Employers' Pay, Leave PoliciesThe destruction wreaked by Hurricane Harvey on Houston and greater southeast Texas will close businesses for an undetermined amount of time and potentially leave out of work tens of thousands of people stuck in shelters or grappling with flooded homes.
By Erin Mulvaney
5 minute read
August 31, 2017 | The Recorder
Can Women Ever Be Paid Less Than Men? US Appeals Court Will Take New LookThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will revisit a pay-equality ruling that federal officials and advocacy groups argued would widen and institutionalize practices that allow women to be paid less than men based on past salaries.
By Erin Mulvaney
6 minute read
August 30, 2017 | Inside Counsel
Can Women Ever Be Paid Less Than Men? US Appeals Court Will Take New LookThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will revisit a pay-equality ruling that federal officials and advocacy groups argued would widen…
By Erin Mulvaney
3 minute read
August 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Trump Administration, Facing Business Pressure, Blocks Wider Pay-Data RuleThe Trump administration, rolling back an Obama-era regulation to boost pay-data transparency among companies, garnered praise from businesses that complained the rule would impose onerous new reporting requirements and admonition from civil rights groups that said the effort would help expose compensation discrimination.
By Erin Mulvaney
5 minute read
August 30, 2017 | The Recorder
Can Women Ever Be Paid Less Than Men? US Appeals Court Will Take New LookThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will revisit a pay-equality ruling that federal officials and advocacy groups argued would widen…
By Erin Mulvaney
3 minute read
August 24, 2017 | The Recorder
NLRB to Argue Against Uber in Key Labor Fight in Ninth CircuitThe National Labor Relations Board will get a chance to argue against Uber Technologies Inc. in a key appeal over class actions and employment arbitration clauses that is snarled in a federal appeals court.
By Erin Mulvaney
12 minute read
August 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Can an Employer Fire a White Supremacist? It DependsGrayRobinson's Tom Loffredo in Fort Lauderdale notes discrimination suits are possible if private employers don't fire openly racist or other discriminatory workers.
By Erin Mulvaney and Monika Gonzalez Mesa
5 minute read