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Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 After significant lobbying and legislative haggling, Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 29, 2013, signed legislation that increases the New York State minimum wage rate starting December 31, 2013. This is New York’s first minimum wage increase since July 24, 2009, when it was increased to match...
| | Supreme Court Decisions May Bolster Class Action Defense Theories
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Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 Two recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court may give employers additional arguments in defending class action litigation. Lower courts must conduct a “rigorous analysis” to determine whether damages can be proven on a class-wide basis, the U.S. Supreme Court has reaffirmed in a 5-4...
| | Philadelphia Mayor Strikes Down Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Bill
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Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter has vetoed legislation that would require local employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.
| | Partial Deafness Not a Disability under ADA, Federal Court Rules
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Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 Deafness in one ear is not a disability under the American with Disabilities Act, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, because the plaintiff could not establish she was substantially limited in the major life activity of hearing, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled in Mengel v. Reading...
| | Proposed Law Could Require Armed Protection Officers in All Indiana Public Schools
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Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 Legislation under consideration in Indiana would require all public and charter schools to have a trained, armed “school protection officer” on the school’s premises during regular school hours. If adopted, the legislation (Ind. S.B. 1, as amended, Apr. 2, 2013) would be the first...
| | New Mexico Enacts Equal Pay Law, Prohibiting Sex-Based Wage Discrimination, Giving Direct Court Action
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Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 New Mexico’s new equal pay law, the Fair Pay for Women Act (“FPWA”), prohibits wage discrimination based on an employee’s sex and allows employees to bring wage discrimination claims directly in court, without first filing with any administrative agency. Signed by Governor...
| | Hospitals Servicing Federal Employees through Provider Agreement with HMO Ruled Covered by Affirmative Action Regulations
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Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has jurisdiction over three hospitals receiving payments from a health plan for providing medical services to U.S. government employees, a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia judge has confirmed. UPMC Braddock v. Harris, No....
| | Transfer to New Position Triggered Employer FMLA Liability, Court Rules, but Front Pay Too Speculative
J. Gregory Grisham, Robbin W. Hutton; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 A front pay award of 10 years in the amount of more than $135,000 for a Family Medical Leave Act violation was “unduly speculative,” the federal court of appeals in St. Louis has ruled, vacating the award. The Court found the district court abused its discretion in making the award...
| | Statistical Sampling Could Not Establish Liability in Wage-Hour Class Action, California Court Rules
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Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 Class certification is unwarranted where auto center managers and assistant managers alleged they were improperly classified as exempt and denied overtime and meal and rest breaks in violation of the California Labor Code, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Affirming a trial court...
| | OFCCP Issues Second Wave of Advance Scheduling Notification Letters
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Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has mailed Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”) to individual establishments identified for upcoming compliance reviews. The March 27, 2013, mailing is the Agency’s second wave of letters — the first was sent...
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