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Corporate Counsel

When Can a Health Care Provider Fire an Employee for Refusing a Flu Shot?

Employment law experts say private health care employers may fire employees for failing to comply with a mandatory flu vaccination policy provided it allows exemptions for medical and religious reasons.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Increased Standardization Would Benefit the Global Anti-Corruption Effort

For the past six years Walmart has been working to enhance its global ethics and compliance program, with a specific focus on anti-corruption.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

What Companies Need to Do to Address Sexual Harassment Post-Weinstein

“Checks on power failed. Checks on ego failed. Legal failed. HR failed. Simple human decency disappeared,” said Phillip Maltin, attorney at Raines…
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Revives Gender Discrimination Claim Based on Spouse's Jealousy

With the recent spate of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct cases populating the cable news and talk radio airwaves we decided to take a closer look at two recently decided cases.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Applications and Interviews: What Not to Ask

Labor Relations columnists David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins examine New York City's restrictions on questioning applicants about their salary history, criminal backgrounds and credit information.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Former Amazon Worker Seeks Class Certification in Overtime Suit

A former Amazon.com LLC shift manager who claims the online retailer denied him overtime pay is seeking class action status in California federal district court, an attempt to widen the scope of allegations that workers are unfairly enduring grueling “internet speed” conditions in the retail company's warehouses across the country.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sexual Harassment Training: Cultivating a Culture of Compliance

The #metoo phenomenon is a cultural tidal wave and it's only a matter of time before the ripple effects are felt in the everyday workplace outside of Hollywood and Capitol Hill.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Matt Lauer's Accuser Has a Veteran Washington Civil Rights Lawyer on Her Side

Meet Ari Wilkenfeld, a longtime civil rights and employment lawyer in Washington, who's representing the woman who brought sexual misconduct claims this week against NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Constitution Revision Proposal Could Require E-Verify in Florida

A panel of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission unanimously backed a proposal that would require all employers in Florida to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Employment Authorization Program to determine the eligibility of new employees.
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Assembly Weighs Outsourcing Sexual Harassment Investigations

State legislators are reeling amid a storm of harassment accusations made by legislative staffers, lobbyists and private consultants who say a culture of misconduct pervades the Capitol.
5 minute read

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