Pay equity is a hot-button issue in the US. The EEOC and OFCCP have announced plans to begin collecting detailed pay information from US employers. Seven states have also passed legislation in the last twelve
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Landmines In Health Care Coverage In Executive Comp Packages
Employers promising to pay for health care in recruiting an executive or in negotiating an outplacment package need to pay close attention to overlooked tax provisions, some of which have been modified by the Affordable
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When Is Enough Leave. . .Enough?
Disability discrimination cases seem to be the flavor of the day. Given the flood of disability discrimination cases, how can employers know how much leave is reasonable? And when can an employer safely say, “this
Accommodating Religion: Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Title VII imposes an obligation to accommodate religion, including “all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, subd. (j). This obligation has drawn renewed attention following the U.S.
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Politics In The Workplace
The 2016 election cycle promises to be hyperactive, starting early and running hot debates both on television and spilling over into the workplace. It is, of course, a truism that life spills over into the
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Who Ya Gonna Call? Recommended Best Practices For Whistleblower Hotlines
Whistleblowers create huge potential liability. Under provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC has awarded $14 million and $30 million to whistleblowers providing information that led to an SEC enforcement action. Meanwhile, a California plaintiff
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China: End of Cheap Labor Should Not Come As a Surprise
*Alan Wang of DLA’s Shanghai Office contributed to this article.
If you are an avid shopper, you may have noticed in the past holiday season that fewer and fewer items on the shelf had
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Antitrust Class Actions Against Employers: A Silicon Valley Special?
One substitute for non-competes with employees is a no-hire agreement with competing employers. As the continuing litigation toll in the Silicon Valley illustrates, that option is illusory:
• the most recent class action accuses Dreamworks
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Miracle on 34th Street
In the world’s best Christmas movie (other than Scrooged, of course), Kris Kringle — sitting in the Santa Claus chair at Macy’s flagship store — sends a mother to the Acme Toy Store on
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NLRB Toasts Chicago Bakery On English-Spanish Translation
Mistranslation is both innocent and ubiquitous. Mark Twain had fun with the mistranslations of one of his short stories into French. Indeed, literary superstars frequently acknowledge that translations are invariably imperfect. Jorge Luis Borges’ line
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