News & Analysis

On August 21, 2015, tthe D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S Department of Labor’s Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the new Rule.

Washington State Supreme Court upholds ordinance and finds the law applies to all affected employers within the City of SeaTac, regardless of whether or not they operate within Port of Seattle boundaries.

The California Legislature reconvened on Monday, August 17, and will consider bills of particular interest to California private sector employers.

A California appellate court affirmed the denial of an intellectual property attorney’s anti-SLAPP motion against his former employer.

The National Labor Relations Board continues the string of controversial moves in its unfair labor practice cases against McDonald’s.

Maine enacts legislation that restricts an employer's ability to demand information regarding an employee's or job applicant's social media account.

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 proposes the creation of a federal civil cause of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets by amending the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which criminalizes the theft of trade secrets.

The SEC has adopted a final rule requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose, to the SEC and shareholders, the ratio of CEO compensation to the "median compensation" of the corporation's employees (except the CEO).

California's Secretary of State recently clarified whether an employer may use a notary public as its authorized representative to complete the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

A full federal court bench in Australia recently confirmed that employers must pay out employees’ accrued but untaken annual leave upon termination at the rate the employees would have received had they taken the leave while employed.