Effective January 1, 2018, employers with employees subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s drug-testing regulations will face new and broader testing obligations.
An Illinois federal judge has largely denied an employer's attempt to force the EEOC to provide additional evidence in support of its claim that the employer’s background check policy disparately excluded African-American workers from employment.
A recent federal court decision has added to the confusion surrounding the application of the U.S. Department of Labor's "home care" overtime rule and New York's "13-hour" rule regarding compensable work hours for certain home care aides.
The first significant piece of legislation to make it to President Trump's desk, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), contains some provisions impacting employers.
A new Board decision holds ALJs may approve partial settlement proposals despite the General Counsel/Region and the charging party’s objections to the agreement, in a return to pre-Obama precedent.
As part of the NLRB's spate of recent decisions reversing Obama-era Board precedent, the Board has overturned Specialty Healthcare, reinstating its prior standard for determining the appropriateness of a petitioned-for bargaining unit.
El 12 de diciembre de 2017, la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (“STPS”) publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, los lineamientos de operación del sistema electrónico para que los empleadores informen a la autoridad laboral el nivel de cum
On December 12, 2017, Mexico’s Labor Ministry published in the Official Gazette of the Federation operating guidelines for its new online compliance system for employers to report their compliance with the labor law.
Prince George’s County, Maryland has enacted a new law requiring that covered employees be allowed to accrue and use paid leave for absences connected to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
