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Top Five Labor Law Developments for March 2018

April 16, 2018 | Legal Update Article

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued to deal with tumult over the “joint-employer” issue. On March 1, the Board asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to resume considering an appeal of Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015), the NLRB decision that made it easier for unions and employees to... Read More

By Jonathan J. Spitz

Labor and Preventive Practices

NLRB GC: Participating in Nationwide ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Protected Concerted Activity

April 10, 2018 | Legal Update Article

Participating in the February 2017 “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration was protected concerted activity, according to an August 30, 2017, advice memorandum released on March 13, 2018, by the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s Division of Advice. The memorandum concludes that a group of Mexican-American employees who... Read More

By Philip B. Rosen

Labor and Preventive Practices

Brazilian Labor Courts Continue to Emphasize Importance of Non-Compete Clause Limitations

April 20, 2018 | Legal Update Article

A recent Brazilian labor court ruling clarified the procedural requirements for employers drafting non-compete clauses in employment agreements. Although the Brazilian Federal Constitution establishes “freedom of work,” and the Brazilian Industrial Property Law (Law 9.279/1996) prevents an employee from disclosing an employer’s... Read More

By John L. Sander

International Employment Issues

Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Calculation Tool: What Employers Need to Know

April 18, 2018 | Special Report

Ever since Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the state Equal Pay Act (MEPA) on August 1, 2016, employers have been seeking direction on how employee pay should be analyzed to withstand scrutiny under the new law. MEPA goes into effect on July 1, 2018. On March 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (OAG)... Read More

By K. Joy Chin

Affirmative Action Compliance and OFCCP Defense

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Joy Chin and Eric Felsberg Discuss the Value of Using Data to Boost Business Operations

April 1, 2018 | Chief Executive

Joy Chin and Eric Felsberg comment on the business benefits of data analytics in Chief Executive Magazine's "Leveraging Business Intelligence." Read More

Theresa M. Marchlewski and Leonora M. Schloss Honored as “Most Influential Women Attorneys" by Los Angeles Business Journal

April 18, 2018 | Jackson Lewis

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 18, 2018) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Principals Theresa M. Marchlewski and Leonora M. Schloss have been recognized as two of Los Angeles’ “Most Influential Women Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The list honors 75 of the most... Read More

Jackson Lewis Deepens Employment Litigation Bench with Kathleen M. Hurly in San Francisco

April 18, 2018 | Jackson Lewis

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 18, 2018) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Kathleen M. Hurly has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a Principal. Ms. Hurly joins the firm from Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck and contributes almost 25 years of employment litigation experience... Read More