By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the attorney-client privilege for companies conducting internal investigations. (Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., No. 1:05-cv-1276 (D.C. Cir. June 27, 2014)). In Kellogg Brown, the company had asserted the attorney-client […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On August 6, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require federal contractors and subcontractors with 100 or more employees to submit an annual Equal Pay Report to the OFCCP. The OFCCP officially […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On July 31, 2014, the President signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order, which will require federal contractors to report violations of 14 federal laws and as yet unspecified state laws when bidding on service and supply contracts. This Order is […]
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court in Washington, DC, called into question the subsidies that help low and middle income people pay their premiums, saying financial aid can be paid only in states that have set up their own insurance markets or […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On July 10, 2014, at the direction of the President, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum that directed all government agencies to continue QuickPay for federal small business subcontractors through December 31, 2016. QuickPay is an accelerated payments initiative, […]
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Over the last few weeks, the Supreme Court has issued several opinions that have a direct impact on employers. Here are three of them: Employers and Health Benefits: In the Hobby Lobby case, the Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that some […]
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. The Big Texan Steak Ranch restaurant (home of the 72-ounce steak dinner) recently paid $800,000 to settle a labor department dispute in which it was alleged that the restaurant took too much of a bite out of tips to workers. A 2011 audit […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. Last week, the NLRB ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was fired for cussing out his employer, ruling that the employer unlawfully discharged him because he did not lose the protection of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) during the profanity-laced outburst. […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. In the last two years, intern class actions have exploded across the country. Generally, these class actions claim that employers violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) when they fail to pay their interns. As of May 2014, only one court has […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The NLRB has announced it will decide whether employers must permit employees to use workplace email for union purposes. This week, the Board issued a notice and invitation to file briefs in Purple Communications, Inc. (Bogas, Oct. 24, 2013), a case in […]