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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 Christian Petrucci | May 14, 2024
Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court brought unreasonable contest attorney fees back to the forefront in the precedential matter of Torres v. Amazon.com Services (Workers' Compensation Appeals Board), and offered further elaboration as to the Supreme Court's holding in Lorino.
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By Mark Romance | May 14, 2024
So what is a Florida employer to do? First, the final rule does not expressly limit other forms of employee restrictions. Nonsolicitation, confidentiality and trade secret agreements have always been additional ways in which an employer can protect its intellectual property, investments and client bases.
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By Trudy Knockless | May 14, 2024
"It is important to allow employees the time and space to share their stories and perceptions in both formal and informal ways," the DEI consultant Seramount says in a new report.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 13, 2024
"Under the Brokers Act, the parties' agreement to an independent contractor affiliation is not merely one of several factors in the analysis, as the Appellate Division viewed it to be," Justice Anne M. Patterson said. "To the contrary, if the parties have agreed in writing to a business affiliation in compliance with the Brokers Act, that agreement is dispositive."
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By Julie Potts | May 13, 2024
Over the past year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has discovered billions of dollars in potentially fraudulent Employee Retention Credit…
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By ALM Staff | May 12, 2024
Follow how the regulation might affect the legal industry from across the Law.com Newsroom.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 10, 2024
Gibbons filed an employment class action on behalf of former employees of Christmas Tree Shops against two owners of the now-bankrupt company for allegedly laying off hundreds of workers with only one week's notice, in violation of the required three months' advanced notification under the New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
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By Greg Andrews | May 10, 2024
The NLRB "has been pursuing an agenda to reshape U.S. labor law and overturn decades of well-established NLRB precedent," Littler Mendelson shareholder Michael Lotito said.
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By Marc E. Sirotkin | May 10, 2024
An employee injured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment through the negligence of a third-party has a potential claim against that party which is not impacted by his or her workers' compensation claim. The employer and insurer have a potential subrogation right against the proceeds from the third-party claim.
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By Ryan A. Glasgow and Jason P. Brown | May 10, 2024
Employers do not need to not rush to immediately implement changes. Instead, they should allow time for the above litigation to play out over the next few months to see, among other things, if the courts invalidate the final rule or stay it pending the outcome of the litigation and inevitable appeals.
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