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November 21, 2014

Policy Changes for High-Skilled Businesses and Workers are Part of the President's Immigration Accountability Executive Action Plan

On November 20, 2014, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a policy memorandum

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November 20, 2014

Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement Agreements are Under Increasing Scrutiny by Regulators

In 2014 regulators increased their focus on the content of employee confidentiality, settlement and separation

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November 20, 2014

Senate HELP Committee Considers NLRB Nomination

Update: On December 2, 2014, the HELP Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to advance McFerran's

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November 20, 2014

Senate HELP Committee Considers NLRB Nomination

During a relatively sedate hearing to consider the nomination of Lauren McFerran to serve as a member

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November 20, 2014

Whistleblower Claims and Awards on the Rise, According to SEC Report

In its Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, the Securities and Exchange

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November 19, 2014

Board Awards Unprecedented Remedies and Signals It Could Go Further

The National Labor Relations Board’s decision in HTH Corporation, 361 NLRB No. 65 (2014), re-affirms

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November 18, 2014

Board Deems Employees' Lengthy and Detailed Social Media Comments Unprotected

After years of NLRB decisions protecting employees’ profanity-laced tirades and outright threats against

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November 18, 2014

EEOC Releases Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2014

The number of private-sector charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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November 17, 2014

9th Circuit Joins Other Circuits Requiring Facts in FLSA Complaints

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has joined the First, Second, and Third Circuits in requiring

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November 14, 2014

How Different is California From the Rest of the United States?

It has been said that in many ways—including politically—the Golden State seems to march to the beat

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