Monthly Archives: August 2019

Employers Still Face Uncertainty on Duty To Accommodate Pregnancy Four Years After Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling in Young v. UPS

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), proposed federal legislation that would impose an affirmative obligation on an employer to reasonably

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Written Comments With OMB, Urging Rejection of OFCCP’s Burdensome Proposed Changes to “Focused Review” Scheduling Letters

NT Lakis lawyers filed written comments this week with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on changes

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Ruling by Tenth Circuit Highlights Once Again How Courts Are Inclined To Enforce Overbroad EEOC Subpoenas

In yet another example of how the federal courts typically side with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) when a

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Ninth Circuit Panel Backs Off on Earlier Ruling That California’s Controversial “ABC” Test for Determining Independent Contractor Status Applies Retroactively

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a somewhat unexpected development, has withdrawn

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NLRB, Reversing Its Own Precedent, Rules Employer Can Ban Non-Employee Union Organizers From Company Property That Is Open to the Public

Reversing decades of its own precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision finding that a hospital

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