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Susan Fahey Desmond, Charles F. Seemann; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 An employer’s dispute resolution program, stating that it was not “intended to violate or restrict any rights of employees guaranteed by state or federal laws,” did not give rise to the right to a jury trial, and so an employee was required to submit his age discrimination claim...
| | Portland, Oregon, Mandates Employer-Provided Sick Leave
Mark A. Crabtree, Scott Oborne; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 15, 2013 Following examples set by San Francisco to the South, and Seattle to the North, the Portland, Oregon, City Council unanimously passed Portland’s new sick leave ordinance. The new law imposes significant burdens on employers in addition to mandating up to 40 hours of annual sick leave. The new...
| | New York City Enacts Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination against the Unemployed
Richard Greenberg, Daniel J. Jacobs; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 New York City is joining other jurisdictions, such as New Jersey, Oregon and the District of Columbia, with a law prohibiting discrimination against the unemployed. The New York City Council, on March 13, 2013, by a vote of 44 to 4 overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of legislation...
| | Termination Upheld Where Employee’s Facebook Photos Showed She was Dishonest While on FMLA Leave
J. Gregory Grisham, Robbin W. Hutton; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 An employer with a reasonable belief that its employee was abusing her Family and Medical Leave Act leave because, it concluded, she was dishonest when she was confronted with questions about her Facebook postings of vacation pictures taken while on FMLA leave is entitled to terminate the employee,...
| | New Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Available
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Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published the new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (with a revision date of “03/08/13 N”) in the Federal Register. The new Form, published on March 8, 2013, should be used beginning May 7, 2013, at the latest.
| | 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....
| | Four-Month Leave for California Pregnancy Disability is Beginning, Not End, of Employer's Obligation
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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...
| | 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...
| | 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...
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