07.30.24
In the second federal district court ruling to date on the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements, a Pennsylvania court upheld the FTC rule as a legitimate exercise of the FTC’s substantive rulemaking authority under the FTC Act.
07.29.24
Affirming summary judgment for an employer, a California appellate panel said an employee could not advance claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her egg retrieval procedures.
Maryland, Minnesota and Vermont join the growing list of states enacting and expanding pay transparency requirements.
A California appellate court ruled that an employer could not compel arbitration based on an agreement between the employee and the staffing agency that placed her.
07.02.24
With the demise of the doctrine of Chevron deference at the U.S. Supreme Court in the Loper Bright Enterprises case, the future of the Federal Trade Commission’s broad rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide is uncertain.
06.26.24
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) doesn’t violate federal or state Equal Protection clauses, the en banc Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined.
When is an employer’s violation of providing employees with wage statements knowing and intentional, triggering financial penalties?
The FAA preempts California’s Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.97, which requires employers to pay arbitration fees within 30 days of the due date or return the case to court, a state appellate panel has ruled.
After the EEOC issued Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace – the first in decades – it is facing state Attorney General opposition.
Taking a page from countries across the Atlantic, the California legislature is considering a bill that would give employees the “right to disconnect.”
