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Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Alka Ramchandani-Raj says a new OSHA proposal to clarify how it will use subpoenas has the potential to create unreasonable timelines and costs for employers to retain counsel in order to respond to the subpoena.
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Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Sebastian Chilco and Wendy Buckingham discuss a new San Francisco law that aims to increase income and employment security for private-sector employees when they perform military service.
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Posted: | Littler Category: Minnesota - Human Rights Act
Minnesota has now joined at least 19 other states in enacting a CROWN Act, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” The Act, which in Minnesota has come in the form of brief but important amendments to the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), protects
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: ADA - General
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new technical assistance, “Hearing Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act,” addressing how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to job applicants and employees with hearing disabilities. The series of questions and answers and example workplace scenarios involving individuals
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Immigration - General
On January 30, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a redesign of permanent resident cards (green cards) and employment authorization documents (EADs). The new cards feature state-of-the-art fraud protection technology that aims to combat document counterfeiting and tampering.
Posted: | Littler Category: OSHA - General
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit challenging a determination by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that conditions at a meatpacking plant did not constitute an “imminent workplace danger.” The court held that an individual cannot maintain a private
Posted: | Littler Category: Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury recently issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 23-01 (CL IR 23-01) announcing the applicable 2023 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans.
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Indiana
On February 7, 2023, the Indiana Senate passed a bill to outright ban noncompete agreements between doctors and their healthcare provider employers, though with an amendment to remove restrictions on referral incentives.
Posted: | Littler Category: Affirmative Action - OFCCP
OFCCP issued yet another notice today regarding its handling of a FOIA request for production of all federal contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 data from 2016 through 2020.
The request keeps in place a February 17, 2023, deadline for submitting objections, but expands the grounds upon which employers may object,
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Federal Gov't - General
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your business.
Posted: | Littler Category: Connecticut - General
Over the past several years, Connecticut’s legislature has enacted some significant employment laws that have re-shaped the workplace and posed new challenges for Connecticut employers. The 2023 legislative session that began in January looks to be no exception. As anticipated, some measures that were not successful last year have resurfaced
Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Jeff Nowak discusses the past, present and future of the FMLA, and says it has gained in significance over the years and will continue to do so.
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