Sep 11, 2023 CDLE Updates INFO Sheets By Jane Waterman-Joyce Colorado employers are likely familiar with the INFO sheets published by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“CDLE”). These...
Sep 05, 2023 Second Circuit Provides Important Reminder to Employers Regarding Overtime Risks By Iris Lozano Employers who rely on their workers to identify and report overtime as a prerequisite for payment may be setting themselves up for...
Sep 01, 2023 Return to the Group of 1: NLRB Broadens Protections for 'Solo' Complaints By Brooke Colaizzi Continuing what otherwise has been a very busy week for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the Board on Thursday...
Aug 31, 2023 Labor Dept Floats $20,000 Increase to Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemption By John Melcon In a much-anticipated proposed rule, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its intention to raise the minimum salary for workers to be...
Aug 28, 2023 NLRB Rejects Secret Ballot Election, the Hallmark of its Purported Neutrality By Iris Lozano On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) overturned 50 years of labor law and severely limited the right of...
Aug 24, 2023 Speedy Elections, Fewer Hearings: The NLRB Accelerates Representation Elections while Limiting Election Related Litigation By Jane Waterman-Joyce This morning, the NLRB’s Democratic majority issued a new rule to “streamline” the union election process, limiting pre- and...
Aug 16, 2023 You CAN Beat a Discrimination Claim At the NLRB ... So Long As You Are a Labor Union By Patrick Scully On August 15, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) proved it could revisit the factual record in a case and...
Aug 03, 2023 NLRB Revives 'Biggest Idiot' Standard, & Your Handbooks Are Toast (Again) By John Alan Doran Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) grants employees the right to unionize, engage in activities to advance their common...
Jul 19, 2023 FTC Proposes Increased Merger Scrutiny By Lyle Wallace The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week proposed more than a dozen new rules intended to decrease corporate...
Jun 30, 2023 Supreme Court: Colorado Website Designer May Refuse Projects Based on Religious Beliefs By Brooke Colaizzi Five years after Colorado's handling of a charge brought under its Antidiscrimination Act (CADA) was before the Supreme Court in the...
Jun 29, 2023 SCOTUS Giveth & SCOTUS Taketh Away in Religious Accommodation Ruling By John Alan Doran Title VII requires an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and practices unless doing so would cause an...
Jun 29, 2023 Supreme Court Outlaws Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions; Serves as a Reminder that Employers Can't Use it Either By Brooke Colaizzi Reversing decades-old precedent on the use of race in higher education admissions, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the admissions...
Jun 28, 2023 Good News for Litigants: Court Case Must Stop While Court Resolves Arbitration Question By Carissa Davis Finally, some efficiency in litigation! Resolving a jurisdictional split created by the Ninth Circuit’s refusal to stay a case when...
Jun 27, 2023 Appeals Courts Divide Over Application of LGBTQ+ Nondiscrimination Law to Religious Businesses By John Melcon A federal court of appeals ruled last week that religious businesses may be partially exempt from Title VII — a statute that prohibits...
Jun 14, 2023 Wave Goodbye to SuperShuttle! NLRB Replaces Trump-Era Independent Contractor Test By Jane Waterman-Joyce From noncompetes to “animal exuberance,” the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seems determined to leave its mark on labor...
Jun 08, 2023 It's FINALLY Over! Colorado's Public Health Emergency Leave Ends Today By Brooke Colaizzi We have reached another milestone in Colorado's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado's public health emergency (PHE) sick leave,...