A long-term employee was awarded wrongful dismissal, aggravated, and punitive damages where the employer was found to have intentionally manufactured reasons to terminate employment for cause.
The Illinois Department of Labor has published amended regulations, effective April 14, 2023, to Illinois’ Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA). The amended regulations impact Illinois’ robust expense reimbursement requirements under the IWPCA.
On April 28, 2023, the Fifth Circuit ordered a Texas court to further consider a legal challenge to the DOL’s 80/20 Rule, which applies to employers that take a tip credit toward their minimum wage obligation under the FLSA.
Despite the absence of the previously promised Employment Bill, new Bills that will, if passed, make changes to employment laws, have been coming thick and fast over the last few months.
In the wake of its recently issued rules regarding New York City Local Law 144, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will be holding an educational roundtable to provide an overview of these rules.
On April 25, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget approved the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) updated form prospective and current employees must use to voluntarily self-identify as an individual with a disability.
On April 20, 2023, a three-member panel of the NLRB ruled 2-1 that a combination of remedies imposed for unfair labor practices by an administrative law judge were not only warranted but did not go far enough.
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2022, our twelfth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission developments over the past fiscal year.
