Rebekah Mintzer

October 24, 2016 |

The first actions that a president takes after entering office say a lot about what the leader's goals will be going forward. And so it was with President Barack Obama, who on Jan. 29, 2009, signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which lengthened the statute of limitations for plaintiffs to file lawsuits alleging pay discrimination.

By Rebekah Mintzer

17 minute read

October 19, 2016 |

A federal magistrate judge in California on Wednesday granted the National Labor Relations Board permission to issue nationwide subpoenas to investigate whether Uber drivers who brought complaints against the ride-hailing company are statutory employees with the ability to sue under the National Labor Relations Act.

By Rebekah Mintzer

7 minute read

October 19, 2016 |

McDonald's Corp. has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a deaf job applicant who was refused an interview after he said he required an interpreter.

By Rebekah Mintzer

15 minute read

October 18, 2016 |

Employers and their counsel have plenty in the labor and employment world to keep them busy at the moment—from navigating the U.S. Department of Labor's overtime rule to managing new employment relationships that have emerged from the sharing economy.

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8 minute read

October 18, 2016 |

Employers and their counsel have plenty in the labor and employment world to keep them busy at the moment—from navigating the U.S. Labor Department's overtime rule to managing new employment relationships that have emerged from the sharing economy.

By Rebekah Mintzer

9 minute read

October 17, 2016 |

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will focus on discrimination against Muslims, nontraditional employment and automated employment screening tools in its new strategic plan.

By Rebekah Mintzer

10 minute read

October 14, 2016 |

Latest rules connected to the Affordable Care Act's Section 1557 take effect on Oct. 16 requiring notification of anti-discrimination provisions of the federal health care law.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

October 13, 2016 |

The resignation under fire of Wells Fargo's CEO John Stumpf after a CFPB consent order, other regulatory actions and public opprobrium yields lessons for counsel and CEO everywhere.

By Rebekah Mintzer

12 minute read

October 12, 2016 |

The general counsel's office of the National Labor Relations Board issued an advice memorandum Sept. 22 that called parts of the university's handbook for players illegal although those portions have been since been revised.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

October 11, 2016 |

P. David Lopez, the longest-serving general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, announced Tuesday that he will step down in early December after six-and-a-half years at an agency that he said has often been "ahead of our time" in dealing with various civil rights issues.

By Rebekah Mintzer

10 minute read