Cities have started to implement their own workplace regulations, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments. The hotel industry, which often is one of the primary drivers of a local economy, has been a particular focus.
On July 7, 2022, the PBGC announced its final rule setting requirements and procedures for the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program for financially troubled multiemployer plans.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires recipient institutions—i.e., any entity receiving funding from the NIH—to have policies that foster a harassment-free environment.
In Rodgers v. Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a decision that dismissal of an employee who refused to work due to COVID-19 safety concerns was not unfair.
A recent New Jersey appellate division case confronted the question of whether the NJLAD, as amended in 2019, prohibits certain terms in non-disparagement provisions, and concluded it does not.
With the challenges of Covid behind employers, the forward-thinking employer will be re-thinking ways of working and what constitutes the 'employee experience.' Around 70 UK employers have already joined a four-day workweek pilot program.
The 11th Circuit recently relied on DOL guidance to conclude that property damage investigators do not qualify for the FLSA’s administrative exemption, and were therefore subject to the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.
The European Union in 2019 launched a civil law directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU. The directive stipulates that the rights and obligations set out therein must apply to all employment relationships by August 1, 2022.