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SPB In-Depth: Service Animals as Reasonable Workplace Disability Accommodations (US)

By Melissa Legault

January 20, 2020

Many individuals with disabilities use service animals to help them fully engage in everyday life. Animals, particularly dogs, can be trained to perform a wide range of tasks to help people with disabilities, and the number of tasks these specially trained animals can perform continues to grow. As a result, more applicants and employees are requesting the use of service animals as a reasonable workplace accommodation for a variety of different disabilities. In addition, the…

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Spoiler Alert! It’s Going to Be a Roaring 2020 With Many Impactful Laws On The Horizon (US)

By Laura Lawless

January 14, 2020

Who will be cheering and who will be jeering in this new decade may depend on the outcome of several key cases, pending regulations, and potential state and local law reforms. Below, we provide you with a brief overview of some key issues that may dominate the legal landscape in 2020 and beyond.…

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US Department Of Labor Issues Final Rule On Joint Employer Status Under The FLSA (US)

By Daniel Pasternak

January 13, 2020

Rule establishes standard under which two employers will be deemed jointly and severally liable under the Fair Labor Standards Act as of March 16, 2020 In January 2016, we posted about an Administrator’s Interpretation issued by the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) then-Wage and Hour Division Administrator that provided guidance for when two or more employers should be considered “joint employers” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (The FLSA is the primary federal statute…

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NLRB Must Consider An Employer’s Obligation To Maintain A Harassment-Free Workplace When Evaluating An Employee’s Allegedly Protected Conduct (US)

By Lew Clark

January 12, 2020

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently refused to enforce a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that involved a conflict between an employer’s obligation to maintain a harassment-free workplace under federal and state equal employment opportunity laws (such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which, among other things, creates liability for employers who create or permit a sexually hostile work environment) and its obligation to…

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UK Government announces IR35 review – too little, too late?

By David Whincup

January 10, 2020

Ready for IR35 in three months’ time? Nor is almost anyone else, it seems. But is it now too late to do anything about it, or can you still take meaningful steps, even at this advanced stage, to protect your IR35 position?…

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Can an Employer Implement a Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy?— It Depends on State Law (US)

By Melissa Legault & Daniel Pasternak

January 8, 2020

Nicotine products are highly addictive and have been linked to a variety of serious health issues, including lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. In addition to the numerous health risks associated with nicotine use, there is also a causal connection between employee nicotine use and lower productivity in the workplace, as well as higher healthcare costs for employers. In response to these issues, and in an effort to promote and empower a healthy workforce, more…

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Veganism as a protected belief – putting flesh on the bones for UK employers

By David Whincup

January 7, 2020

Much noise in the press last week about the decision of the Norwich Employment Tribunal that veganism is a philosophical belief protected under The Equality Act, so the obvious question is what this all means in practice. First, less than it looks. The decision applies to “ethical veganism” only, not a regime adopted on fashion or dietary grounds. If you forswear animal products because they make you ill or you want to lose weight or…

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California’s New Arbitration and Independent Contractor Laws Stayed, Conditionally and Temporarily For Now (US)

By Lilah Sutphen

January 7, 2020

January 10, 2020 Update to AB 5 Challenges Trucking Industry: On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, a California state court ruled that AB 5 does not apply to the trucking industry because the state statute is preempted by federal law. This state court ruling lays a solid foundation for the federal court hearing on the trucking industry’s request for a preliminary injunction on January 13, 2020 based on the same federal preemption argument. The Federal Aviation Administration…

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Polish employment law year-end roundup: get ready for 2020!

By Malgorzata Grzelak, Warsaw & Aleksandra Stepniewicz

January 6, 2020

As 2019 has come to an end, it is time for employers to get ready for 2020. Below we present a short summary of changes in Polish employment law, covering such areas as salaries, taxes, benefits and employee litigation.…

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ICO tightens screw on DSAR deadlines, possibly (UK)

By David Whincup

January 6, 2020

Unheralded and unannounced, recently revised GDPR guidance from the ICO removed one small source of comfort for employers facing DSARs from employees. It used to say that the 30-day time limit was paused, the clock stopped, if you asked the requester for information to clarify his DSAR and it was not provided. This was not carte blanche to delay things – the request for clarification had to be made as soon as possible (i.e. not…

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SPB In-Depth: Service Animals as Reasonable Workplace Disability Accommodations (US)

Spoiler Alert! It’s Going to Be a Roaring 2020 With Many Impactful Laws On The Horizon (US)

US Department Of Labor Issues Final Rule On Joint Employer Status Under The FLSA (US)

NLRB Must Consider An Employer’s Obligation To Maintain A Harassment-Free Workplace When Evaluating An Employee’s Allegedly Protected Conduct (US)

UK Government announces IR35 review – too little, too late?

Can an Employer Implement a Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy?— It Depends on State Law (US)

Veganism as a protected belief – putting flesh on the bones for UK employers

California’s New Arbitration and Independent Contractor Laws Stayed, Conditionally and Temporarily For Now (US)

Polish employment law year-end roundup: get ready for 2020!

ICO tightens screw on DSAR deadlines, possibly (UK)

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