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California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
Handling References and Referrals While Safeguarding Your Business
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Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 42: Non-Compete Agreements with Mitchell Greggs of Maynard Nexsen
Creativity and Compliance: Innovating Ethics - Creativity in Corporate Compliance with Katie Lawler
Culture Crafters: Preventing and Fixing a Cultural Disconnect
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The Labor Law Insider: Recent U.S. Supreme Court, NLRB Decisions Highlight Labor Issues in Higher Education
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Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
Episode 138 -- Employee Relations and Engagement in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
Day 19 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Use of Social Media for Continuous Improvement
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Public sector employers are not immune from the challenges of returning employees to the office. A slew of recent government actions and opposition highlights the challenges public employers face as they try to rein in remote...more
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The ability to pump breast milk in the workplace is protected by the FLSA. In 2010, the Break Time for Nursing Mother Act was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and amended the FLSA to include break time and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Now that the Legislature’s September 14, 2023 deadline to pass bills to the Governor has come and gone, we are providing an overview of which employment bills are before the Governor for consideration,...more
A new Illinois law adds electronic notice distribution requirements for employers with remote workers to certain state employment laws. Under the new legislation (HB 3733, codified as Public Act No. 103-0201), Illinois...more
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Handbooks are developed to outline policies and procedures employees must abide by in the workplace. But a handbook serves a dual, equally important purpose: to act as an operable defense against workplace claims brought by...more
Executive Summary - Widespread economic uncertainty. Evolving workforce expectations. Accelerating use of artificial intelligence (AI). A shifting patchwork of local, state and federal regulations. Numerous headwinds...more
As we start to come out of the pandemic, many businesses are deciding to embrace remote workforces on a more permanent basis for a variety of reasons, including cost saving, increased talent pool, and employee satisfaction....more
Illinois has enacted a new paid leave law, the Paid Leave for All Workers Act, providing for up to forty hours of paid leave for nearly all workers in the state. The law, which is scheduled to go into effect in 2024, will...more
There is a growing trend of local jurisdictions enacting pay transparency laws which require employers in those jurisdictions to provide compensation information to job applicants and employees. The uptick in remote work...more
Rising numbers of remote workers and changing state and federal employment laws bring challenges for employers in the new year. Gary Fowler, a JAMS arbitration and mediation neutral, analyzes the issues and steps employers...more
As part of California’s ongoing efforts to promote workplace pay transparency, Senate Bill 1162, which amends Labor Code section 432.3 and Government Code section 12999, went into effect on January 1, 2023. On December 27,...more
As employers are settling into the post-pandemic “new normal,” many offices look much different than they did in 2020. Employers have implemented significant changes in workforce arrangements, with many employees working...more
Employers considering a reduction in force involving remote workers may be subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”) (29 U.S.C. §2100 et. seq.) and corresponding state...more
In January 2020, Illinois legalized the use of recreational marijuana through the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (“the Act”). Two months later, many employees began working remotely because of the pandemic. Today,...more