News & Analysis

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule that increases civil monetary penalties the DOL assesses and enforces.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will extend the deadline for filing 2018 EEO-1 reports from March 31, 2019 to May 31, 2019.

2019 marks the start of Wage Watch’s third year of publication, which we will celebrate the only way we (sadly) know how: by recapping federal, state, and local developments concerning the minimum wage, tips, and overtime.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a final rule rescinding major portions of its electronic reporting rule.

This Insight highlights several of the major challenges New York State and New York City employers are likely to encounter this coming calendar year.

The Ninth Circuit has held that the FCRA's prohibition on including so-called “extraneous” information with the requisite disclosure extends even to information about the legal rights that job applicants have under state fair credit reporting laws.

As the independent contractor versus employee status debate evolves across the U.S. through legislation, court decisions, and agency enforcement actions, the NLRB clarified its standard on January 25, 2019 in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc.

E-Verify, the electronic immigration system that employers use to confirm employees’ eligibility to work in the United States, has resumed operations.

A recent decision in Rotterdam addresses the duty of multi-national companies to consult with their European Works Council if planning a reorganization. The EWC need not be consulted before other councils, unless specifically agreed upon by contract.

A persistent misunderstanding is that it is impossible for employers to dismiss works councils members. As recently clarified by the Sub-District Court of North Holland, termination is certainly possible.