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March 7, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate requires large businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to offer health insurance to their…
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Each year the EEOC issues its yearly report on enforcement and litigation. The report is always a good way to assess…
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January 31, 2014
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. In a recent case decided on January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the time employees spent donning and doffing…
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. This winter many areas of the country have had more than the usual number of winter storms resulting in closed schools…
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. A federal judge in Florida certified a nationwide collective action against Lowe’s Home Centers on January 10, 2014. The odd thing…
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced last week that it would not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a pair…
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. On September 17, 2013, the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL announced a final rule extending the FLSA’s minimum wage…
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By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. While the Obama administration has delayed the Affordable Care Act requirement that large employers provide health insurance to all employees, many…
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November 29, 2012
In Lopez v. Bombay Pizza Co., 2012 WL 5397192 (S.D. Tex., Nov. 5, 2012) the Court was faced with the issue of defining the scope of a conditionally…
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November 27, 2012
Employee productivity is directly impacted by family care issues. In fact, more employee productivity is spent on elder-care issues than on child-care issues.[ii] It is estimated that as…
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