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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Only 23,000 H-1B Visa Numbers Remain for 2012
Geetha Nadiminti Adinata, Charles A. Roach; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2012, previously published on May 25, 2012 Executive Summary: There is an annual limit of 65,000 H-1B numbers available to foreign nationals with Bachelor's Degrees and an additional 20,000 for those holding U.S. Master's Degrees. With what appears to be a rebounding economy and a surge in employers hiring foreign workers again, the H1-B...
| | Is the NLRB Poised to Make Organizing College Faculty Easier?
Brian J. Kurtz, Kathryn W. Pascover; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2012, previously published on May 25, 2012 Executive Summary: In an apparent nod to organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board announced this month that it will accept amicus briefs on the issue of whether university faculty members are employees who can organize a union or managerial employees who fall outside the protection of...
| | NMB Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Implementing RLA Amendments Which May Eliminate Carrier Victory in a Tie
M. Blake Martin, Andrew D. McClintock; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 Executive Summary: On May 22, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 19, 2012, and invited interested persons to share their views on its proposed rule changes relating to the amendments to the Railway Labor Act (RLA) in the Federal Aviation...
| | Minnesota Supreme Court Expands Sexual Harassment Cause of Action Under State Law
Alec J. Beck, Adam B. Klarfeld, Andrew E. Tanick; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 Executive Summary: Yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court concluded for the first time that a cause of action exists under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) for a hostile work environment based on sex without evidence that the alleged conduct was also sexual in nature. This holding in LaMont...
| | Court Invalidates Ambush Election Rule; Board Suspends Implementation
M. Blake Martin; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Executive Summary: A federal trial court in the District of Columbia has held that the "ambush election" procedures published by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December 2011 are invalid. In response to the District Court's decision, on May 15th the Board temporarily...
| | COBRA Audits Updated
Jeffrey S. Ashendorf; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 16, 2012 Executive Summary: The IRS recently issued revised guidelines for field agents who are conducting reviews of employers' COBRA compliance. The new guidelines can be found on the IRS' website at http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=255893,00.html.
| | Second Circuit Rejects Board's ULP Determinations Against Starbucks
Carolyn Lam, Keith A. Warren; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 On May 10, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision and reinforced employers' rights on three fronts: (1) companies may, under the right circumstances, restrict employees to displaying their pro-union sentiment with a...
| | US DOL Judges Require Production of AAP Data Beyond Date of OFCCP Scheduling Letter
Bennet D. Alsher, Linda Cavanna-Wilk, Karen M. Tyner; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Administrative Review Board (ARB) recently issued a decision requiring an employer to produce OFCCP data well beyond the date of an OFCCP scheduling letter. See OFCCP v. Frito-Lay Inc., DOL ARB, No. 10-132, 5/8/12 [released 5/10/12]).
| | DOL Provides Guidance on Participant-Level Disclosure Regulation
Tiffany D. Downs; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Bulletin providing guidance on some of the most frequently asked questions relating to the participant-level disclosure regulation published in 2010. This regulation requires plan administrators to disclose certain plan and investment related...
| | Frequently Asked Questions About the Brinker Decision
Curtis A. Graham, Stephen R. Lueke, Kevin D. Sullivan; Ford & Harrison LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2012, previously published on May 2, 2012 Executive Summary: Although the California Supreme Court provided much-needed guidance on California's meal and rest break law in its Brinker decision, some questions have arisen in the wake of the decision. This Legal Alert answers some of the most frequently asked questions we have received...
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