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Is Jack Gross the Next Lily Ledbetter?

March 20, 2012 14:57

by Michael A. Kalish and Adam M. Tomiak Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. recently introduced the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, a bill intended to lessen the burden on age discrimination plaintiffs under the Age Discrimination in...

Why Companies Need to Care about Caregivers: The EEOC's Focus on Caregiver Discrimination

March 19, 2012 15:29

By Lauri F. Rasnick and Margaret C. Thering The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has once again turned its focus to caregiver discrimination.  On February 15, 2012, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the EEOC held a meeting about caregiver and pregnancy...

NLRB Acting General Counsel Issues Follow-Up Report on Social Media Cases

March 12, 2012 15:39

by Steven M. Swirsky and Michael F. McGahan On January 25, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board's ("NLRB") Acting General Counsel ("AGC") Lafe Solomon issued a second report on unfair labor practice cases involving social media issues. We discussed his earlier report in our Act Now Advisory of...

Epstein Becker Green Launches First-of-Its-Kind App: Wage & Hour Guide for Employers

February 14, 2012 19:58

We are pleased to announce that Epstein Becker Green’s first app - Wage & Hour Guide for Employers - is now available for download in the App Store on iTunes, for both iPhones and iPads.  You can find this complimentary app by searching for “Wage Hour” or clicking...

Class Action Arbitration Bans - the Obama NLRB Attempts to Trump the Federal Arbitration Act and the Supreme Court

February 13, 2012 22:55

by David D. Green, Frank C. Morris, Jr., Allen B. Roberts Two recent decisions on arbitration, one from the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") and one from the Supreme Court of the United States, present an interesting question: Can employers limit employees from launching...

Act Now Advisory: U.S. Supreme Court Holds Ministerial Exception Is Defense to Employment Discrimination Claims

January 24, 2012 12:52

  by Allen B. Roberts, Amy J. Traub, and Christina J. Fletcher Religious organizations and those they employ have anticipated guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court's first opinion addressing the ministerial exception in the employment discrimination context. With its January 11, 2012, decision...

Epstein Becker Green Is Pleased to Announce a New Blog Focused on Health Employment and Labor Law

January 12, 2012 21:50

The Employer Defense Law Blog welcomes a new sibling!  The Health Employment and Labor (HEAL) blog will include updates about timely issues related to labor and employment issues that affect health care and life sciences companies. The HEAL blog is an idea that stems from the Epstein...

When is a Prevailing Wage Not Prevailing?

January 11, 2012 14:58

by Donald S. Krueger & D. Martin Stanberry New York state courts appear primed to resolve important questions about competitive bidding for public contracts in New York City and the ability of contractors to successfully challenge city officials’ actions that directly affect the wage and...

New Jersey Adopts Statutory Trade Secret Protections

January 10, 2012 17:36

by James P. Flynn On Monday, January 9, 2012, Governor Chris Christie signed into the law the New Jersey Trade Secrets Act (NJTSA), the Garden State’s version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA).  New Jersey, thus, becomes the forty-seventh state to adopt some form of UTSA. ...

Employment Law Trends that Will Affect Financial Companies in 2012

January 05, 2012 22:39

by John F. Fullerton III It seems likely that the struggling economy will continue to be a primary driver of labor and employment law issues in 2012, particularly in the financial services industry. While there are many important legal issues that will arise in this environment, employers in the...