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Police Officer on Traffic Duty Assignment is Joint Employee of Their Police Department and the Contractor

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When a police officer was seriously injured while working an extra traffic duty assignment, the question wasn’t whether he should get help – it was who should help pay for it....more

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Examining Joint-Employer Liability for Texas Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Claims

​​​​​​​The question of who provides workers’ compensation insurance in employer–staffing company relationships is handled in different ways. Frequently, the staffing company will provide workers’ compensation coverage for all...more

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September 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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California Employment Law Notes - March 2020

Time Spent By Employees In Exit Searches Is Compensable - Frlekin v. Apple Inc., 2020 WL 727813 (Cal. S. Ct. 2020) - In this opinion, the California Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the United...more

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Who’s In & Who’s Out: Professional Employer Organizations and New York Workers’ Compensation

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With a growing demand for skilled workers and the rising cost of overhead, many companies are turning to Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), to meet their human resources needs. A PEO, generally speaking, is an entity...more

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Ohio Limits Joint Employment Status For Franchisors

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Ohio recently amended its definition of “employer” in order to limit the joint employer status of franchisors. Effective March 20, 2019, franchisors will not be considered joint employers with their franchisees unless one of...more

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Has the Fifth Circuit Opened the Door for Potential Liability of Staffing Companies?

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In Burton v. Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and Manpower of Texas, LP, No. 14-50944, — F.3d —-, 2015 WL 4742174 (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2015), the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for two...more

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Texas Bill Protects Franchisors From Joint Employment Liability

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Texas legislators recently passed S.B. 652, which seeks to protect franchisors from employment liability for the actions of franchisees. Enacted in June 2015, S.B. 652 amends the Texas Labor Code to specify that a franchisor...more

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New Texas Law: Is it Enough to Ease Concern Over Franchise Liability for Employment-Related Claims?

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In response to concerns of franchisors that recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) actions threaten to undermine the common understanding of a franchisor-franchisee relationship, the Texas Labor Code was amended by the...more

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