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.
By Zack Needles | June 20, 2017
A federal magistrate judge in Erie has allowed a Title VII sexual harassment case to proceed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and two of its parishes, ruling that discovery is needed to determine whether the three entities together constitute a "single employer" for the purposes of the litigation.
By Cheryl Miller | June 20, 2017
Human resources startup Zenefits will pay $3.4 million to 743 current and former employees the company misclassified as exempt from overtime and minimum wage rules, the U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 20, 2017
Long-time public sector attorney Marvin Kaplan was tapped Monday by President Donald Trump for a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board, moving the agency tasked with ruling on major disputes between businesses and unions one step closer to a Republican majority for the first time in nearly a decade.
By David Ruiz | June 19, 2017
In the Covington & Burling report released last week by Uber Technologies Inc. in response to claims of harassment and bias at the company, one theme kept popping up: gaps in the human resources department's communication with in-house counsel.
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