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Dealing with the new FLSA salary tests in ruby slippers

By DLA Piper on May 24, 2016
Posted in Employment Litigation, Employment Policies

This article first appeared as an Employment Alert on our firm’s website.

News releases echoing the famous mantra from The Wizard of Oz – “lions, and tigers, and bears … Oh my!” – suggested…
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Global Trends: Mandated Reports Regarding Equal Pay

By DLA Piper on April 26, 2016
Posted in Employment Policies, International Employment Law

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

By Kerry Eason & DLA Piper on March 17, 2016
Posted in Employment Benefits, Employment Policies

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?

By DLA Piper on September 28, 2015
Posted in Employment Litigation, Employment Policies

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…

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Accommodating Religion: Ignorance Is Not Bliss

By DLA Piper on August 18, 2015
Posted in Employment Litigation, Employment Policies

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

By DLA Piper on August 3, 2015
Posted in Employment Policies

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

By DLA Piper on July 6, 2015
Posted in Employment Policies

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

By DLA Piper on April 13, 2015
Posted in International Employment Law

*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?

By DLA Piper on January 19, 2015
Posted in Class and Collective Actions, Employment Policies

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

By DLA Piper on December 22, 2014
Posted in Employment Litigation, Employment Policies, FLSA, NLRB

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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