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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Jason Grant | October 31, 2017
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice has confirmed an arbitration panel's award of $2.3 million to a former UBS trader terminated for allegedly allowing an $18 billion trade without authorization.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | October 31, 2017
A school bus driver fired after refusing to be fingerprinted for a background check because she believed it would mean she was accepting the "mark of the devil" can sue her employer for religious discrimination, a federal judge has ruled.
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By Erin Mulvaney | October 30, 2017
The fate of the Obama-era regulation that made millions of more workers eligible for overtime pay remains unresolved after the U.S. Labor Department on Monday moved to defend the agency's power to set such a rule. “There is a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety and ambiguity,” one lawyer said. “This might be the biggest mess I've ever seen. There are a lot of complicated issues."
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By Wendy Lazerson and Alison Hong | October 30, 2017
Most employers of California employees must change key hiring practices in order to comply with new state laws effective Jan. 1, 2018. These laws impact job applications, interviews, background checks and compensation.
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By Melissa Osipoff | October 30, 2017
Melissa Osipoff writes: Come Oct. 31, 2017, employers in New York City will face a scary new reality: They will no longer be permitted to ask job candidates about their salary history.
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By Erin Mulvaney | October 27, 2017
Greg Nevins, the workplace fairness program strategist at Lambda Legal, is involved in three high-profile appeals court cases that consider whether LGBT employees can sue under federal civil rights law for alleged workplace discrimination.
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By Paul O. Lopez | October 27, 2017
The hits keep coming and we are not talking about box office bonanzas at Weinstein Pictures these days.
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By Michael Marra and Joshua Gelfand | October 27, 2017
Michael Marra and Joshua Gelfand write: Although integration planning was underway prior to closing and a transition management team is already in place, crucial work remains. Where is a buyer to begin, and what post-closing employment and benefits issues should be prioritized?
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By James Booth | October 27, 2017
PwC's new head of legal on US expansion, the launch of its flexible lawyering business and future growth plans
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By C. Ryan Barber | October 26, 2017
Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC's whistleblower office, said the corporate world is getting the hint and not using severance agreements to stifle would-be tipsters. “The good news is that I have seen some improvement in this area,” Norberg said Thursday at a securities conference in Washington. The “message is out there” that severance agreements cannot include terms preventing employees from contacting regulators, she added.
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