The US Supreme Court is set to consider whether federal judges must dismiss employment cases subject to mandatory arbitration or whether they should instead pause them pending the outcome of private dispute resolution proceedings.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent request for
Labor agencies are rushing to finalize rules covering topics ranging from worker safety to overtime pay, as an expected deadline under the Congressional Review Act looms. Meanwhile, Congress is trying to tackle worker shortages in care services for the youngest and oldest Americans, but finding few easy solutions to the problem.
Jennifer Granholm features prominently as a chief seller of Biden’s climate and economic agenda this election year, crisscrossing the US promising CEOs and workers alike that a clean energy transition can create good-paying union jobs and revitalize manufacturing towns.
A California “right to disconnect” proposal aims to protect workers from the growing expectation that they’re always available to their bosses, spurring opposition from business groups that say it would create a compliance mess especially for management of salaried employees.
Chambers & Partners faces the challenge of delivering revenue growth that justifies the lofty price its private-equity owner paid to acquire it in November. That largely revolves around selling advertising and research products to the same lawyers it reviews.
The US <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13362Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0a2f-d583-afbf-cafff7160000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Trade Commission is poised to vote Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule the<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0392381D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0a2f-d583-afbf-cafff7160001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Chamber of Commerce vowed to immediately challenge in court.
Columnist Andrew Leahey says use of remote cashiers will make it hard for local tax authorities to audit businesses and would facilitate tax evasion, but motivating customers to scan their receipts would help.
The State of Kansas will face a jury in the case of a transgender ex-highway patrol employee who alleges the state’s decision to terminate him was discriminatory, a federal judge said.
Restoring coastal ecosystems with oysters in Florida, protecting forests from wildfire in California and maintaining a cultural site (the Pearl Harbor National Memorial) in Hawaii: These are a few of the paid positions that job seekers can now apply for through the Biden administration’s American Climate Corps.
An Illinois Kia dealership must defend at trial a sales manager’s claims that he was fired because he is Arab American, a federal judge said Monday.
New details in a probe examining whether the Federal Circuit’s oldest and longest-serving member is fit to remain on the bench highlight issues about anti-discrimination protections in the judiciary and efforts to obtain medical information about the judge.
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A California “right to disconnect” proposal aims to protect workers from the growing expectation that they’re always available to their bosses, spurring opposition from business groups that say it would create a compliance mess especially for management of salaried employees.
Paul Hastings has hired Alexander Temel, a former co-leader of Sidley Austin’s international private equity practice, to launch an office for the fast-growing firm in Boston.
Chambers & Partners faces the challenge of delivering revenue growth that justifies the lofty price its private-equity owner paid to acquire it in November. That largely revolves around selling advertising and research products to the same lawyers it reviews.
The US <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13362Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0a2f-d583-afbf-cafff7160000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Trade Commission is poised to vote Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule the<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0392381D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0a2f-d583-afbf-cafff7160001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Chamber of Commerce vowed to immediately challenge in court.
Olshan’s John Moon and Lori Marks-Esterman say the Supreme Court’s new interpretation of Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K could undermine investor confidence, hurting capital markets.
The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?
The 10th Circuit affirmed the denial of summary judgment by an Oklahoma federal district court to a county court clerk on the claims of a deputy clerk that she was discharged because she wouldn’t publicly support the county clerk’s reelection campaign, in violation of her First Amendment rights. Vogt v. McIntosh Cnty., 2024 BL 127500, 10th Cir., 22-7061, 4/15/24
A Texas federal district court granted summary judgment to Birdville Independent School District on the claims of a male warehouse central storage supervisor that he was subjected to a hostile work environment due to his sex, in violation of Title VII. Hawthorne v. Birdville Indep. Sch. Dist., 2024 BL 126064, N.D. Tex., 4:23-cv-00301-BP, 4/12/24
An Oregon appellate court denied summary judgment to the city of North Bend on a whistleblowing claim under state law of a technology systems manager who was allegedly terminated for reporting his supervisor’s violation of state law. McClusky v. City of N. Bend, 2024 BL 131036, Or. Ct. App., A177073, 4/17/24
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