In this issue, we discuss the UK government’s various significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill; a Court of Appeal ruling that highlights the challenges for employers in balancing competing beliefs in the...more
4/22/2025
/ Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Trade Unions ,
UK
In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more
4/14/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Board of Directors ,
Clawbacks ,
Compensation ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Ethnicity ,
EU ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Minimum Salary ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Severance Agreements ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more
7/20/2020
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Ballots ,
Business Closures ,
CARES Act ,
Certification Requirements ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Orders ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Foreign Workers ,
France ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Notice Requirements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Posting Requirements ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Right of Recall ,
San Francisco ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Compensation System ,
Unlimited Benefits ,
Vacation Pay ,
Vicarious Liability
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its decision (overruling an Obama-era decision) regarding confidentiality rules for employees during ongoing workplace investigations. We also discuss...more
2/14/2020
/ Arbitral Deference ,
Arbitration ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Dynamex ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Form I-9 ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
H-1B ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Internal Investigations ,
International Labor Laws ,
Job Applicants ,
Joint Employers ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Rates ,
Recreational Use ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Severance Agreements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Title VII ,
UK ,
Union Elections ,
Veganism ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Investigations
In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including Brexit and its impact on workers' rights and data protection, new tax rules as they relate to...more
5/14/2019
/ Diversity ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Income Taxes ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Recruitment Policies ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
In This Issue:
- SEC Pays First Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional
- Supreme Court Allows Affordable Care Act Contraceptives Religious Exemption
- EEOC Adopts New Pregnancy...more
9/30/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Franchises ,
Franchisors ,
Gender Identity ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mailbox Rule ,
Misclassification ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religion ,
Religious Exemption ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers