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Diana Uhimov, September 10, 2015 On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 the Second Circuit reinstated a sex discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Sterling Jewelers Inc. under Title VII of the...
Paula Lopez, September 2, 2015. In a 3-2 decision issued last week, the National Labor Relations Board delivered a highly anticipated decision in NLRB v. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., broadening...
By: Megan J. Muoio, August 26, 2015 On August 17, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision reversing the March 26, 2014 decision of NLRB Regional Director Peter...
Paula Lopez, August 7, 2015. In Brown & Brown v. Johnson, the New York Court of Appeals (New York’s highest court) rejected a choice of law provision contained in an employment...
Diana Uhimov, July 31, 2015 The Second Circuit made two business-friendly rulings on July 2, 2015 in the closely watched proposed class action cases involving interns that claimed they should have been classified as...
By: Megan J. Muoio, July 24, 2015 On July 16, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a decision affirming that it considers sexual orientation to be covered...
Nicholas Fortuna, July 15, 20015 The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued a guidance memorandum last week using an expansive definition of an employee to curb...
Paula Lopez, July 6, 2015. On Friday, June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy (and joined by Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan...
Nicholas Fortuna, June 17, 2015. The Supreme Court will take another stab at defining the limits of class actions in the employment setting. On June 8, 2015 the Court granted review...
Paula Lopez, June 5, 2015. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., reversing the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal’s...