Last week, yet another decision by a governmental agency chipped away at an employer’s ability to legally classify workers as independent contractors. In Atlanta Opera, Inc. and Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Union, Local 798, IATSE, the National Labor Relations
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Reminder to Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: Certify Your AAP Compliance by June 29
As a reminder, and as we had reported in an earlier Blog Post, Federal Contractors and Subcontractors are asked to certify their compliance with the Affirmative Action Program obligations under Executive Order 11246, VEVRAA, and Section 503 of the…
Can Law Firms Prohibit Attorneys from Soliciting or Servicing Clients Because of Trade Secret Misappropriation?
As we recently highlighted, trade secret misappropriation lawsuits brought by law firms against departing attorneys are not a new phenomenon, but the number and intensity have increased over recent years.
Our last article addressed several trade secret lawsuits that…
DOL Issues Guidance on the Recently Enacted PUMP Act for Nursing Workers
On May 17, 2023, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage & Hour Division issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“the Bulletin”) providing guidance to its field staff regarding enforcement of the newly-enacted Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers…
NLRB General Counsel Says Non-Compete Agreements Usually Violate U.S. Labor Law
The increasingly loud anti-non-compete chorus gained another voice last week. On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued Memorandum GC-23-08 (“Memo”), in which she posits that the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) prohibits…
Using AI to Help Hire May Seem Easy — Until the Legal Challenge Comes In
I’m not big on predictions, but I’m confidently predicting the news about AI will just keep coming — some good and some bad. We can all expect that AI either already is or will become a routine part of your…
California High Court Defines Protected “Disclosure” Under Whistleblower Law
Managing Employment Law Risk is a Wise (and Cost-Effective) Investment
Late last year, I wrote about approaching compliance challenges by thinking as much about the “why” as about the “what” of the compliance requirement. The point I hoped to convey was that inquiring into the question of why a compliance…
EEOC Issues Updated Technical Guidance on COVID-19 and the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges for employers and workplaces across the globe. While COVID is not gone, the federal government did recently end the federal public health emergency. Shortly thereafter, on May 15, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…
No Non-Competes for Lawyers? Trade Secret Misappropriation Lawsuits against Big Law Lawyers and Firm Management on the Rise
The legal profession reigns as the primary protector of client choice. No other profession — including doctors and accountants — protect the client’s choice of advisor as rigorously as legal governing bodies, with restrictive covenants generally unenforceable against members of…