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Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 7, 2013 A bill that would “invalidate” non-compete, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation agreements entered into between an employer and its former employee, if the former employee is eligible for unemployment benefits following the cessation of his or her employment, has been introduced in the...
| | Paid Time Off Accruals are ‘Wages Due’ Terminating Employees under State Wage Payment Act, Nebraska High Court Rules
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Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 “Paid time off” (PTO) hours are indistinguishable from earned vacation time under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act; accordingly, since that Act requires an employer to pay earned but unused vacation leave to an employee upon separation of employment, employers must likewise...
| | Complaint over Working in Unsafe Neighborhood Protected, NLRB Finds, Rejects Entrapment Defense
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Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 “Protected concerted activity” under the National Labor Relations Act covers employee complaints over times and places of employment, as well as other terms and conditions, the National Labor Relations Board has shown, holding that an employer unlawfully terminated employees who...
| | Missouri Cases Illustrate Enforceability of Well-Drafted Non-Competition Agreements
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Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 Non-competition agreements in Missouri are enforceable where they are reasonable and necessary to protect an employer’s legitimate interests. Two decisions from Missouri courts enforcing non-competition agreements illustrate how restrictions on recent employees’ ability to compete with...
| | Arbitration Agreement in Employee Handbook Enforceable, California Court of Appeal Rules
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Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 An arbitration agreement contained in an employee handbook was not invalid simply because the employer could change the handbook in its discretion, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Serpa v. California Surety Investigations, Inc., No. B237363 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2013). Reversing an...
| | Controversy over NLRB Appointments Continues
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Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 The National Labor Relation Board’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for review of Noel Canning was filed on April 25. The Supreme Court will be the most important battleground for resolution of the question whether President Barack Obama’s recess appointments of NLRB Members Sharon...
| | Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law Passes Brazil’s House of Representatives
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Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill imposing liability on companies for foreign and domestic bribery. Versions of the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law (Bill n° 6.826/2010) were introduced by the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2010, but passage has been...
| | Federal Appeals Court Denies En Banc Review of Decision Liberalizing SOX Whistleblowing Standards
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Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 26, 2013 The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Tyco Electronics Corp.’s petition for an en banc review of the three-judge Third Circuit panel decision in Wiest v. Lynch, No. 11-4257 (3d Cir. Mar. 19, 2013). The panel had previously decided 2-1 to revive the whistleblowing claims of a former...
| | NLRB’s Division of Advice Spells Out Lawful Investigations Rule
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Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 26, 2013 Many employers maintain rules in their employee handbooks or personnel policies governing how investigations of possible employee misconduct will be handled. Such rules often include admonishments to employees about maintaining the confidentiality of the investigation and, therefore, they implicate...
| | Colorado Court Rules Use of ‘Medical Marijuana’ Not ‘Lawful’ under State’s ‘Legal Activities’ Law
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Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2013, previously published on April 26, 2013 A Colorado appeals court has held that an employee’s off-duty use of “medical marijuana,” although allegedly in accordance with the state’s medical marijuana law, was not lawful or protected for purposes of the state’s “legal activities” law, and therefore...
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