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When Does it Pay to be Absent From Work? Developments in State and Local Paid Leave Requirements
Leslie Selig Byrd and Amber Dodds discuss the increasing number of state laws and local ordinances requiring paid leave benefits to employees. Many of these require a minimum number of hours of accrued paid time off for illness or preventative...
Not Just a Hashtag: Legislation Created by #MeToo
On November 5, 2019, Bracewell attorneys Amy Karff Halevy and Becky Baker discussed the ways in which sexual harassment and discrimination laws are dramatically changing at the state and local level in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The webinar...
USDOL’s Final Salary Regulations: Impact on Exempt Employees and the Possibility of Future Litigation
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) announced its new Final Overtime Rule . The 2019 Final Rule comes in the wake of the heavily litigated salary threshold regulations issued by the Obama Administration in 2016. The...
Caught in the Crosshairs at Work: Practical Considerations for Employers to Prevent and Address Violence in the Workplace
Employers are charged with the responsibility of ensuring a safe and healthful environment for their employees, including a workplace free from violence. Unfortunately, OSHA estimates that more than 2 million individuals are affected by workplace violence every year and the...
Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC") the End to End of Service Gratuity
Hot on the heels of recent updates to the DIFC employment law, DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019 , the DIFC has announced proposals to bring about the end of the current End of Service Gratuity (“ EoSG ”)...
Timely Use It, or Lose It: Recent Supreme Court Case Provides Reminders for Employers, but Employees Still Need to File a Charge Before Filing Title VII Lawsuit
In Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis (U.S. June 3, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that the charge-filing requirement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) is not jurisdictional. The case involved an...
New Employment Law for the Dubai International Financial Centre Issued
The much anticipated and awaited DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019 (“ 2019 Employment Law ”) will come into full force and effect on 28 August 2019 (“ Effective Date ”). Between now and the Effective Date, it is...
SECURE Act Provisions
Major changes in federal law are in the works that could significantly impact employers’ qualified retirement plans, which could require amending such plans to reflect mandatory and elective changes. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Setting Every Community...
A Practical Guide for Multistate Employers on Managing the Growing Patchwork of Marijuana Laws
Many employers, especially those operating in a number of different states, are troubled with how to effectively cope with new and widely varying state marijuana laws. Not only are the state laws that authorize medical or recreational marijuana use proliferating...
Fifth Circuit Upholds Independent Contractor Status for Highly Skilled Energy Industry Consultants
In Parrish v Premier Directional Drilling , the Fifth Circuit recently rejected a group of directional driller consultants’ claims for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) finding that the directional driller consultants were properly classified as independent contractors...
Drafting Effective Separation Agreements; Best Practices and Current Law
Composing separation agreements that are consistent with best practices and a host of relevant legal concerns can be a never-ending endeavor for employers - especially with case law and agency guidance continually evolving. Challenging issues involved in drafting these agreements...
OSHA Rescinds Substantial Portion of Injury/Illness Electronic Reporting Requirement
Under pressure from business organizations, OSHA has issued a final rule rescinding the requirement for workplaces with 250 or more employees to electronically submit data from their OSHA 300 and 301 forms to the agency. The two forms required employers...
IRS Reporting Requirements – 2018 Employee Stock Transactions
Now that 2019 has begun, corporations should be aware of IRS reporting requirements regarding certain 2018 stock transactions with their employees. Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), requires a corporation to report (i)...
Webinar: Disability Law Developments 2018 – What Employers Need to Know
Speakers: Jim Kizziar and Chris Jaynes Info: Please join labor and employment lawyers Jim Kizziar and Chris Jaynes for a complimentary webinar to address four significant developments in disability law. The webinar will analyze recent court decisions and provide practical...
Proposed Changes in the H-1B Cap-Subject Filing Process
For years now employers have been confronted with severe limitations on visa numbers for new H-1B petitions. Historically, USCIS receives more than enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-1B cap. Therefore, it uses a computer-generated random selection process to...