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Paid sick leave laws are going viral.  On the heels of New York City’s passage of a paid sick leave ordinance in June, Jersey City enacted a similar ordinance (“Ordinance”) in September.  The Ordinance goes …

The Sixth Circuit Court recently held in Kindred Nursing Centers East, LLC v. NLRB that the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) did not abuse its discretion in Specialty Healthcare, a decision allowing  the creation of …

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) has been making big political waves since its enactment in March 2010.  Since then, the focus has switched to different provisions depending on effective dates and political …

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs minimum wage and overtime requirements, has an exemption for employees engaged in “outside sales.”  To be exempt, the employee must, among other requirements, “be customarily and regularly …

A U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington held that Lafe Solomon, Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”), was improperly appointed and as a result, dismissed a Board petition …

After a unanimous vote by the New York City Council and approval by Mayor Bloomberg, most employers in New York City must reasonably accommodate an employee’s pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition.   The new law …

The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) has been sticking its nose in unexpected places in the last few years like the affairs of nonunion workplaces, the handbooks and policies of all employers, and now fashion.  …