Monthly Archives: March 2018

In Massive Spending Bill, EEOC Gets a Bump; OFCCP, NLRB, and WHD End Up Flat Funded

Late last week, Congress finally came to an agreement and approved “omnibus” spending legislation to keep government operations funded through

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Fifth Circuit Rules That Obama-Era Labor Department Exceeded Its Authority in Promulgating Controversial “Fiduciary Rule”

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has struck down the controversial “fiduciary

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USCIS Issues New Policy Memo Calling for Increased Scrutiny of H-1B Petitions for Employees Working at Third Party Sites

In yet another action that underscores the Trump Administration’s vow to crack down on alleged employer abuse of so-called H-1B

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Eleventh Circuit Finds That Plaintiff Presented Enough Evidence To Send Compensation Discrimination Case to Jury

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed and remanded a lower court’s summary judgment dismissal of a female employee’s

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Massachusetts Issues Compliance Guidance on State’s 2016 Equal Pay Law Expansion

The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General has issued much-anticipated guidance on the implementation and enforcement of the state’s 2016

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