29 Apr, 2024 EEOC Finalizes New Comprehensive Harassment Guidance By Brooke Colaizzi On Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized its updated, comprehensive guidance on harassment in the...
24 Apr, 2024 Department of Labor Expands Overtime Rule for Millions of Employees By Rick Rivera The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new rule expanding overtime eligibility to cover millions of new employees. The new rule...
24 Apr, 2024 Dept. of Education Expands Title IX Protections, Preserves Religious Exemption in Updated Regulations By John Melcon On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued its long-awaited “final rule” broadening and clarifying the scope of...
22 Apr, 2024 EEOC Adopts Broad Rule Requiring Workplace Accommodations for Pregnancy-Related Conditions—Including Abortion By John Melcon On April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final rule adopting an expansive view of what counts...
22 Apr, 2024 Don't Count on Religious Freedom Arguments to Overturn Religious Worker Visa Denials By John Melcon Churches and other religious organizations can file petitions to sponsor foreign workers for religious worker (R-1) status in the United...
15 Apr, 2024 Wonder Bread Delivery Drivers are Exempt from Arbitration Agreement, Supreme Court Determines By Rick Rivera Workers in jobs that involve interstate transport can be exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) even if their...
10 Apr, 2024 Colorado Windstorms Implicate State Family Leave Duties By Rick Rivera A new provision of the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) saw an unexpected application for many Coloradoans on the...
08 Feb, 2024 Supreme Court Confirms Corporate Whistleblowers Don't Have to Prove Retaliatory Intent By Brooke Colaizzi Tackling the tricky issue of how a plaintiff proves an employer's “intent,” in an opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court...
10 Jan, 2024 DOL Officially Returns to Stricter Independent Contractor Rule Under Fair Labor Standards Act By John Melcon “Employee means any individual employed by an employer.” That’s not some sixth grader’s attempt to mask their failure to study for a...