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At the end of August 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) informed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal watch dog for anti-discrimination employment law enforcement, that it is initiating a review and …

Oregon has officially become the first state to pass a predictable scheduling law.  The law will take effect on July 1, 2018, and applies to food service, hospitality, and retail industries. The law’s stated purpose …

A perpetual problem for Human Resource practitioners is determining how long a leave must be granted under the ADA.  The answer, in at least one federal circuit, is becoming clearer.  Earlier this year, the Seventh …

In a recent decision, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appellate court that hears cases from New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, held notice of termination itself constitutes an adverse employment action even when …

The Florida Supreme Court recently held that home health referral sources can be a protected legitimate business interest under Florida’s non-compete statute. With or without a controlling statute, this idea may apply in other states? …

In Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, the federal District Court of Connecticut was asked to decide whether federal law precludes enforcement of a Connecticut law that prohibits employers from firing or refusing to …