The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued updated guidance on employers’ use of criminal background checks in making employment decisions. According to EEOC officials, the new guidance, the first since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which ...

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New rules simplifying and speeding up the process for union organizing elections went into effect on April 30. The rules establish pre-election hearings to determine whether there is a “question of representation” to be resolved by an election, rather than ...

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The Department of Labor has launched an effort to increase enforcement actions by its Employee Benefits Security Administration, the agency in charge of administering and enforcing ERISA regulations. The agency saw a record number of enforcement actions in 2011. It ...

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A federal appellate court has temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from implementing its controversial employer notice posting rule, which was set to go into effect April 30. The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a temporary injunction ...

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The recent ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holding that transgendered workers can bring bias claims under Title VII is a “game changer” in employment discrimination law and could lead to claims under the act based on sexual orientation.

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Local securities lawyers say a 2nd Circuit ruling defines for the first time the meaning of “domestic transaction” under a test laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 2010 Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd., ...

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The National Labor Relations Board recently announced that it will begin an educational campaign to teach non-unionized employees that they have the same rights as unionized employees to engage in “concerted activity” protected by the National Labor Relations Act. 

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A Massachusetts three private-jet charter flight salesmen from soliciting customers from their previous employer Superior Court judge has held that a non-compete, non-solicitation clause barred.

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“You tell me what you know and I’ll confirm. I’ll keep you in the right direction if I can. … Just … follow the money.” — Deep Throat, “All the President’s Men” In the depth of the Watergate scandal, the ...

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