by Girish Anand | Jan 13, 2012 | NLRB
In a recent ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), fresh with recess appointees who are being legally challenged, held that arbitration clauses in employment agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in preventing class-action lawsuits (as...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2012 | EEOC
The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment shields religious organizations from federal anti-discrimination employment laws and also allows religious groups to define employees as ministers as they see fit. The ruling stems from a case being fought by the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 11, 2012 | DOL
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is still hoping to redefine what constitutes a fiduciary and also set limits (or eliminate) compensation for those in different fiduciary advisory capacities. The agency calls the redefinition of fiduciary under the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 10, 2012 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued three new fact sheets on unlawful retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act...
by Girish Anand | Jan 9, 2012 | EEOC
In two recent cases, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has run paid advertisements in local newspapers to inform employees of ongoing investigations and asking them to come forth with their grievances. One such case is against the Texas Roadhouse, and...
