By Michael Booth | June 26, 2017
New Jersey senators on Monday sent a bill to Republican Gov. Christie that, if signed, would greatly expand the state's eight-year-old paid family leave program.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 26, 2017
Fifty major companies, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and S&P Global Inc., urged a New York federal appeals court Monday to embrace sexual orientation protection under civil rights laws, arguing that discrimination against gay and lesbian workers "takes a heavy toll" on bottom lines.
By Ben Seal | June 26, 2017
Recently terminated employees have no right to access their personnel files, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 23, 2017
Infosys Ltd. has reached a $1 million settlement with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, which claimed the India-based outsourcing and consulting company obtained temporary visitor B-1 visas instead instead of the required H-1B visas, and placed foreign workers in jobs throughout New York without paying prevailing wages and the applicable taxes.
By Lisa Pooley | June 23, 2017
Recognizing that the consideration of criminal history in employment decisions is a frequently misunderstood and rapidly evolving area of law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) issued new regulations, which are effective on July 1. The regulations largely mirror the guidance set forth by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its April 2012 "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Claimant's loss of earning power was attributable to work-related injury, and claimant was therefore entitled to workers' compensation benefits, where employer specifically created permanent alternative position for claimant within her physical restrictions and offered it to her at a lower wage. Order of the WCAB affirmed.
By Michael Booth | June 22, 2017
The New Jersey Assembly on Thursday passed legislation designed to expand the state's 8-year-old paid family leave program.
By Marcia Coyle | June 21, 2017
Big-business advocates are lining up with the Trump administration's new position in the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace arbitration agreements banning class actions do not violate federal labor law.
By Krista Stevenson Johnson | June 21, 2017
In the current job market, many technology sector employers are seeking to recruit and retain top talent by creating a positive workplace culture. For many employers, this also includes efforts to recruit and hire workers from underrepresented groups such as women, African-Americans, and LGBTQ employees.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 21, 2017
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday promoted apprenticeship programs as key to closing the skills gap in a speech to a friendly audience of the National Association of Manufacturers, the powerful trade group that participated in many lawsuits against the U.S. Labor Department during the Obama administration.
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