by sescomgt | Sep 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
On September 20, 2016 a group of 21 states filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule, which is set to take effect on December 1, 2016. As most know by now,...
by sescomgt | Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The California Legislature sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown on September 9 that would bar covered employers from refusing to permit an employee (with more than 12 months and at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the previous 12-month period) to...
by sescomgt | Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) affords returning service members protection only during the act of rehiring, ruled the Virginia Supreme Court, in affirming a trial court’s judgment against a deputy sheriff who claimed that...
by sescomgt | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ohios new medical marijuana law went into effect on September 8, 2016. Ohio became the 26th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. The new law expressly addresses employment issues, resolving each of these issues...
by sescomgt | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The growing patchwork of paid sick leave laws continues to fill in heavily on the west coast with state laws in both California and Oregon and 10 city ordinances scattered across California, Oregon and Washington. This summer Los Angeles and San Diego added their own...
