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Tenth Circuit Rules That “Faragher/Ellerth” Affirmative Defense Applies to Age-Based Hostile Environment Claims

Addressing the issue for the first time, and more definitively than any other federal appeals court to date, the U.S.

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DOL Finalizes Revised WIOA “Section 188” Nondiscrimination Rules for Job Training Programs

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized revisions to its regulations governing the nondiscrimination provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation

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Eleventh Circuit, Widening Circuit Court Split, Rules That ADA Does Not Require Preference in Reassignment

Agreeing with arguments put forth by NT Lakis lawyers in our “friend-of-the-court” brief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

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New Report by Office of Inspector General Concludes Labor Department Practices Create “Unnecessary Risk” to Confidentiality of Information DOL Collects

A report released last month by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) located within the Department of Labor (DOL) details

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Guide to the FLSA’s “White-Collar” Exemptions: Part II – The Administrative Exemption

NT Lakis attorneys are pleased to present the second guide in our three-part series focused on the so-called “white-collar” exemptions

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November Elections Brought Further Expansion of State Legalized Marijuana Laws, Increasing the Challenges Facing Employer Drug-Free Workplace Policies

One other thing that happened on Election Day in November is that via ballot initiatives, voters in four more states

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EEOC, OFCCP Will Operate Once Again With Flat Funding Into Next Spring Under Continuing Resolution Approved by Congress Before It Adjourned for the Year

At the request of President-elect Trump, Congress has approved another stopgap measure based on the previous year’s levels to fund

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