Massachusetts High Court ruled the Commonwealth’s independent contractor law does not apply to real estate salespersons working for a licensed brokerage firm.
A California appellate court recently found that the defendant was entitled to attorney’s fees even after the plaintiff volunatirly dismissed the action.
A recent move by the National Labor Relations Board threatens the right-to-work laws in 25 states, witnesses testified during a hearing conducted by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. resulted in an expected outcome but provided an unexpectedly small amount of practical guidance for employers.
In a closely watched case, a federal district court judge in Texas has dismissed one of the two lawsuits filed earlier this year against the NLRB seeking to invalidate the agency's new "ambush" election rule.
Wisconsin has firmly joined the majority of jurisdictions in the United States that hold that continued employment constitutes lawful consideration sufficient to enforce a restrictive covenant with a current at-will employee.
Continuing the trend by federal agencies toward greater protections for transgender employees, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released “A Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers” on June 1, 2015.
The new proposed "blacklisting" rule and DOL guidance, if finalized in their present form, will impose multiple new obligations on government contractors and greatly increase their risks in performing services for the government.
