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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 An employee who was disabled as a result of her pregnancy and had exhausted all leave under California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (“PDLL”) and the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) was entitled to additional leave as a reasonable accommodation under the California...
| | OFCCP Issues Directive on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records in Contractors’ Employment Decisions
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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has announced it will be reviewing carefully employer consideration of candidate criminal history information for systematic discrimination. OFCCP’s Directive 306, “Complying with...
| | Former Bank Auditor’s SOX Retaliation Suit No Bar to Additional Washington Law Wrongful Discharge Claim
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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 A former internal auditor of a bank may bring a claim for state law wrongful discharge in violation of public policy despite her maintenance of a retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has decided. McEuen v....
| | Labor Department Releases New FMLA Model Forms and Notice Poster
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 The U.S. Department of Labor has released revised model Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) forms to administer federal FMLA leave and a notice poster. The updated forms should be used by employers immediately, although they include no substantive revisions despite recent rulemaking...
| | OFCCP Rescinds Compensation Standards and Will Develop New ‘Case-by-Case’ Investigative Approach
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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 In an effort to provide the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and its compliance officers “more flexibility” in the review of employer pay practices, the Agency has announced that it has taken off the books the compensation standards by which it determines whether covered...
| | Totally but Temporarily Disabled Worker Denied Additional Leave Could Pursue Disability Discrimination Claim, California Court Rules
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on March 1, 2013 An employee who was discharged after seeking an extension of his leave of absence was a qualified individual entitled to proceed with his disability discrimination claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, even though he was totally disabled while on leave, where leave may be a...
| | New Jersey Lawmakers Introduce Their Version of ‘Ban the Box’
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 22, 2013 The “Opportunity to Compete Act,” a New Jersey Senate bill (S.2586), seeks to establish “certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.” Citing the dramatic increase in employers’ use of criminal background checks, the bill declares that employment...
| | New Jersey Governor Vetoes Minimum Wage Increase, Legislature Puts Issue on November Ballot
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 21, 2013 New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie has vetoed legislation passed by the New Jersey Senate and Assembly (S3/A2162) that would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour and based future increases on the consumer price index (CPI). While issuing his...
| | Setback to NLRB Quickie Election Rule Seen as Appeals Court Halts Argument Set in Employer Challenge
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 25, 2013 The National Labor Relations Board may be facing further disappointment over its 2011 rule to speed up representation elections when the federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, next renders an order in a legal challenge to the controversial measure. Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB, No. 12-5250...
| | North Carolina Enacts Comprehensive Reform of Unemployment Insurance System
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 22, 2013 On his second day as Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory signed into law a comprehensive reform of the state’s unemployment insurance system. The new law applies to new claims for unemployment benefits filed on or after July 1, 2013. One of House Bill 4’s stated purposes is to...
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