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12th Annual Corporate “Litigation Trends” Survey Continues To Show That Labor and Employment Lawsuits Are a Main Concern for Company Lawyers

The latest annual survey on corporate litigation trends conducted by the law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP finds that

By |2016-09-30T14:50:11-05:009/30/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment, Wage and Hour, Whistleblowing and Retaliation|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on 12th Annual Corporate “Litigation Trends” Survey Continues To Show That Labor and Employment Lawsuits Are a Main Concern for Company Lawyers

Ninth Circuit Rules That Mandatory Arbitration Class Waivers Violate Federal Labor Law, Widening Split Among Federal Circuits

Widening a growing split among the federal appeals courts regarding the legality of a class action waiver contained in an

By |2016-09-23T15:11:33-05:009/23/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Labor Relations, Policies and Practices|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Ninth Circuit Rules That Mandatory Arbitration Class Waivers Violate Federal Labor Law, Widening Split Among Federal Circuits

NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Eighth Circuit Urging Court to Reverse NLRB Ruling That Reinstated Picketer Fired for Shouting Racist Epithets

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in an important case involving

By |2016-09-09T15:01:35-05:009/9/2016|Categories: Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Eighth Circuit Urging Court to Reverse NLRB Ruling That Reinstated Picketer Fired for Shouting Racist Epithets

EEOC’s Final Revised Guidance on Workplace Retaliation Continues To Take Broad View of Protected Conduct

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has finalized revisions to its written enforcement guidance on unlawful workplace retaliation under the

By |2016-09-09T14:59:17-05:009/9/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment, Whistleblowing and Retaliation|Tags: , |Comments Off on EEOC’s Final Revised Guidance on Workplace Retaliation Continues To Take Broad View of Protected Conduct

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

By |2016-08-26T15:13:12-05:008/26/2016|Categories: Compensation, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: |Comments Off on Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees’ Voluntary Choice of How They Wanted to Be Paid Precluded Equal Pay Act Violation

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

By |2016-08-19T15:15:59-05:008/19/2016|Categories: Compensation, State Standards|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Massachusetts Strengthens Its Equal Pay Law; Employers Barred From Making Pre-Hire Inquiries About Prior Salary History

Not So Fast, EEOC: Seventh Circuit Rules That Title VII Does Not Protect Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) bars employers from discriminating in the terms, conditions, and

By |2016-08-12T13:01:19-05:008/12/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Not So Fast, EEOC: Seventh Circuit Rules That Title VII Does Not Protect Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

EEOC Issues One-Sided Analysis of Its Systemic Discrimination Enforcement Program, Signals Even More Aggressive Approach Is Needed

Ten years ago, a special Task Force of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Report recommending that the

By |2020-09-21T13:55:14-05:007/22/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , |Comments Off on EEOC Issues One-Sided Analysis of Its Systemic Discrimination Enforcement Program, Signals Even More Aggressive Approach Is Needed

NT Lakis Comments to EEOC on Proposed Revised National Origin Discrimination Guidance Urge Agency To Stay Within Title VII’s Boundaries

NT Lakis lawyers have filed written comments with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the agency’s proposal to revise

By |2016-07-15T10:32:49-05:007/15/2016|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Comments to EEOC on Proposed Revised National Origin Discrimination Guidance Urge Agency To Stay Within Title VII’s Boundaries