Monthly Archives: April 2016

Efforts To Prohibit Employers from Inquiring About Applicants’ Criminal Histories Continue to Proliferate

At last count, at least seven states and numerous local jurisdictions now prohibit private employers from asking job applicants about

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Labor Department’s Controversial New “Persuader” Rule Expands Reporting and Disclosure Requirements

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized controversial revisions of its so-called “persuader” regulations governing disclosures that employers, labor

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NT Lakis Brief to Eleventh Circuit Argues That Disparate Impact Claims Under the ADEA Are Available Only to Employees, Not Applicants

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in

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Ruling by D.C. Circuit Rejects DOL’s Expansive Interpretation of Federal Prevailing Wage Law; Decision Impacts Coverage of Minimum Wage, Paid Leave Executive Orders

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected an expansive Labor Department (DOL) interpretation of coverage of

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New York Becomes Fourth State To Create Paid Family Leave Benefit; San Francisco Mandates Employer-Funded Paid Parental Leave

New York has joined California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in enacting a paid family leave law.  As is the

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In Written Comments on Proposed Paid Sick Leave Regulations, NT Lakis Lawyers Urge Clear Exemption for Covered Contractors That Already Comply

NT Lakis lawyers submitted written comments to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) last week in response to the agency’s

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