Rebekah Mintzer

October 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

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 | Corporate Counsel

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 | Corporate Counsel

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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9 minute read

October 18, 2016 | National Law Journal

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

10 minute read

October 17, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

11 minute read

October 14, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

9 minute read

October 13, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

13 minute read

October 12, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

9 minute read

October 11, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

11 minute read

October 11, 2016 | National Law Journal

Obama appointee and longest-serving GC of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will leave office in December.

By Rebekah Mintzer

11 minute read