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Court not impressed with implied notice of termination

Ordinarily, employees are to be paid whenever they reach the end of employment. But for a temporary services employee, how are they told of that ending? And does that occur at the end of every assignment? A specific...

May 29, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Hospital’s denial of vaccine exemption upheld

An employee of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center didn’t want to get a flu vaccine and obtained a physician’s certification that exempted her from the requirement. Her employer’s internal exemption review committee denied the...

May 14, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

The Glock in the breakroom

I have had to deal with a shooting at a client’s place of business (there are legal and HR responsibilities I never imagined). I have had to have a security guard monitor a client’s foyer in the face of threats. More...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC Chair Burrow says more guidance is coming

At the recent American Bar Association (ABA) meeting, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows indicated the agency would be issuing new guidance in the near future. In a session on March 29...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL defending Trump-era overtime rule

The Biden administration is defending the Trump-era overtime rule in the Western District of Texas in an attempt to quash a lawsuit claiming Congress never delegated the broad authority to the Department of Labor (DOL)...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Hot job market spurs new interest in personality tests

As millions of workers are returning to the workplace in the wake of COVID displacement, employers are searching for ways to find the right people for the right job and the right context—at work, hybrid, remote. This...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Su nomination for DOL Secretary facing opposition

Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su is facing mounting opposition to her nomination to the top job at the Department of Labor (DOL). Although only the Senate can vote on the nomination, House Republicans sponsored a...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New law pushes harassment cases to court

On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The Act allows employees to file sexual...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

NLRB seeks wholesale reversals of existing law

When National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo took office, she issued official memoranda identifying the existing precedents she wanted to modify or reverse and ordered the Regional...

May 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider