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  • Court Orders Starbucks to Rehire Fired Union-Organizing Employees

    Date:
    August 29, 2022

    A federal district court has ordered a Starbucks store to rehire seven employees who it had fired during a union organizing campaign.

  • Employee's Epithets Protected Under Labor Law

    Date:
    August 24, 2022

    Consistency is the key: An employer that fires an employee for vulgar speech that violates its antiharassment policy must be able to show it would have done the same even if the employee had not been engaging in activities protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

  • ADA Covers Gender Dysphoria, 4th Circuit Finds in First-of-Its-Kind Ruling

    Date:
    August 23, 2022

    While the case arose out of a prison discrimination lawsuit, the court's in-depth analysis of the ADA has clear implications for employers and is a big win for transgender individuals.

  • Florida's Stop WOKE Act Is Blocked

    Date:
    August 19, 2022

    The workplace provisions of a controversial Florida law that placed limits on the content of diversity and inclusion training have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

  • Remote Review of Forms I-9 Could Become Permanent

    Date:
    August 18, 2022

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may make permanent a temporary exemption that allows employers to remotely examine employees' identity and employment authorization documents for the Form I-9 over fax, video or email.

  • CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines

    Date:
    August 16, 2022

    Recognizing the long-term nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed its guidance surrounding isolation and quarantine following exposure to the coronavirus.

  • New Jersey's Minimum Wage Could Be Higher Than Expected in 2023

    Date:
    August 11, 2022

    Unless the rate of inflation unexpectedly goes down over the next three months, the New Jersey minimum wage could be at least $14.13 per hour for large employers and at least $12.94 for small and seasonal employers.

  • Many Employees Working During Vacation, Study Finds

    Date:
    August 9, 2022

    A new study on how employee use vacation time found that nearly half of employees reported working one or more hours per day while on vacation.

  • HHS Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

    Date:
    August 5, 2022

    The Department of Health and Human Services has declared that monkeypox a public health emergency, with over 7100 confirmed cases in the US and nearly 27,000 cases globally.

  • Pay Data Collection Key to Improving Pay Equity, Study Confirms

    Date:
    August 3, 2022

    A study examining the EEOC's first-time collection of compensation data concluded that collecting pay data is an important tool for the agency to target its enforcement and investigation efforts and advance pay equity.