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Wage Theft as a Crime: States Escalate Enforcement with Criminal Prosecution

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In a significant shift in labor law enforcement, states and localities across the United States are increasingly treating wage theft not merely as a civil infraction, but as a criminal offense. This trend in certain...more

Ius Laboris

France Introduces a New Concept of ‘Institutional Psychological Harassment’

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The French Court of Cassation has introduced and defined a new concept of ‘institutional psychological harassment’ in what appears to be the conclusion of the so-called ‘France Télécom case’. The case, which commenced back in...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Spa Corporate Officials Taken into Custody for Refusal to Comply with NLRB and Court Orders

In a recent and highly unusual turn of events, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Seventh Circuit) has ordered U.S. Marshals to take corporate officials of Haven Salon + Spa (Haven) into custody for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Peculiar “Personnel-ity” of California Personnel File Inspection Laws

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Within the last few years, the California Legislature has amended laws related to an employee’s right to inspect personnel records, intending to ensure employees have access to those records. Since then,...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Disciplinary Investigations of Employees – Three Names to Know

Whenever an employer is considering disciplining an employee for misconduct, three names from 1967, 1975 and 1985 continue to be associated with employer investigations and interrogations, in much the same way that Mr....more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Self-Help Discovery Does Not Immunize Employee from Prosecution, Says NJ Supreme Court

On June 23, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 204 N.J. 239 (2010), does not bar criminal prosecutions arising from an employee’s removal of confidential company documents to...more

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