The National Labor Relations Board has issued a call for interested parties to file briefs addressing the Board’s current standard on whether graduate student assistants are “employees” under the NLRA.
On December 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy.
While much of last night's State of the Union Address focused on big-picture issues, President Obama did make some specific employment-related comments during the annual speech to the country.
On January 11, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that will decide whether public-sector employees can be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment.
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2015, our fifth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year.
A federal district court in Wisconsin ruled that an employer may require compliance with a wellness program as a condition for participation in its group health plan without violating the ADA.
The National Commission on Minimum Wages ("Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos" or CONASAMI ) recently approved a general minimum wage increase of 4.2%.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a proposed rule to amend certain regulations related to employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa programs.