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Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 - Part 1: Title VII
September 17, 2024
I want to take just one or two tenths-of-an-hour of your time (1-12 minutes) to discuss an often-overlooked aspect of retention, promotion, and hiring decisionmaking: employee and applicant testing.
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Maryland DOL Releases Updated FAQs on Paid Family and Medical Leave
September 16, 2024
Applicable to all employers with Maryland employees, the FAMLI law will provide most employees with 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, with the possibility of an additional 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
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Maryland Department of Labor Issues Highly-Anticipated Guidance on New Wage Transparency and Paystub Notice Obligations
September 11, 2024
As most employers with Maryland employees (hopefully) know, starting October 1, 2024, they are subject to new wage range posting and paystub notice obligations.
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No Discrimination Against… Fox Hunters?
September 6, 2024
As an employment attorney, I am, of course, deeply interested in which personal characteristics are protected from discrimination under law, and it is fascinating to see which new characteristics are deemed to warrant such protections.
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FAQ on the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the UK’s gender pay gap reporting regime
September 4, 2024
On 6 June 2023, the European Pay Transparency Directive (EU) 2023/970 came into force, setting new minimum requirements for pay transparency across the EU.
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Massachusetts: DIA Updates Mandatory Workplace Poster and Notice Requirements
August 27, 2024
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (“DIA”) recently updated its mandatory workplace poster and related employer notice requirements. Here is what you need to know.
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FTC Noncompete Ban Officially Blocked by Federal Court
August 21, 2024
On August 20th, in the legal challenge involving the Chamber, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling that will effectively block the FTC’s noncompete rule.
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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Employment-Related Non-Compete Agreements. What’s Next?
August 21, 2024
For now, employers should continue to rely on applicable state law to determine whether restrictive covenants are enforceable.
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Court Bans FTC Non-Compete
August 21, 2024
On August 20th, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas ruled that the FTC does not have the authority to issue broad rules to ban what it considers to be unfair approaches to competition.
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Chevron Overturned, Federal Agency Deference Over: Impact of Loper Bright on Regulations Affecting Employers and Educators
August 20, 2024
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, upending 40 years of judicial precedent holding that federal courts should defer to federal agencies when it comes to the interpretation of federal law.
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No, You Can’t Fire Employees for Threatening to Strike!
August 20, 2024
With less than three months until the 2024 presidential election, we are firmly entrenched in political silly season.
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Just Because It Worked Before Doesn’t Make It a Reasonable Accommodation Now…
August 19, 2024
Employers like predictability. And it would make sense that, for an employee who previously worked remotely, remote work should be a reasonable accommodation. But a recent case warns employers not to jump to that conclusion so quickly.
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