Monthly Archives: August 2016

SEC Goes After Company For Using Release Language That Allegedly Deprived Employees of Their Right To Claim Dodd-Frank Bounty Hunter Awards

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal agency that has primary responsibility for enforcing the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform

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USERRA Discrimination Complaints Filed with DOL Dropped to 10-Year Low Last Year

The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) recently released enforcement statistics regarding employment discrimination complaints filed with

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Justice Department Publishes Proposal To Update Its Immigration-Related Nondiscrimination Regulations

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which enforces the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality

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Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees’ Voluntary Choice of How They Wanted to Be Paid Precluded Equal Pay Act Violation

In a somewhat unusual recent case that illustrates the “any other factor other than sex” affirmative defense available to employers

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NT Lakis Lawyers Urge OMB To Reject EEOC’s Proposed Expansion of EEO-1 To Collect Pay Data

NT Lakis lawyers submitted comprehensive written comments this week to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in

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2016 VETS-4212 Report Filing Season Now Underway; Contract Dollar Threshold for Reporting Has Been Increased

The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) officially opened the 2016 filing season on August 1, 2016,

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“Must Pass” National Defense Bill Could Scale Back Portions of Obama’s “Blacklisting” Executive Order

Before leaving town for the summer congressional recess, both the House and Senate passed their respective versions of the National

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Massachusetts Strengthens Its Equal Pay Law; Employers Barred From Making Pre-Hire Inquiries About Prior Salary History

Massachusetts has become the first major jurisdiction in the country to bar employers from using an applicant’s salary history or

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