New District of Columbia Pregnancy Accommodation Statute to Become Effective...
Barring adverse congressional review, the District of Columbia’s Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2014 (PPWFA) will become effective on March 3, 2015. The new statute gives pregnant workers...
View ArticleThe District of Columbia Council Passes Its Own Wage Theft Prevention...
The Council of the District of Columbia passed the Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act (WTPAA) of 2014 which then mayor Vincent C. Gray signed in September 2014. Pursuant to the District of Columbia...
View ArticleThe D.C. Wage Theft Law’s Next Steps: DOES Issues Notice and Template
The District of Columbia’s Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014 (2014 WTPAA) went into effect on February 26, 2015, after completing congressional review. In an effort to promote compliance with...
View ArticleAmendments to D.C. Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act Creates New Hurdles for...
The District of Columbia’s Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 (ASSLA), which requires employers to provide paid leave to employees for their own or a family member’s illness as well as in certain...
View ArticleRecent Illinois Federal Court Rulings Cloud Fifield’s Bright-Line Test
Two recent rulings in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division and the Central District of Illinois, Peoria Division, have further blurred the “bright line” two-year consideration rule...
View ArticleWisconsin is Really Open for Business: Governor Signs New Right-to-Work Law
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s motto is that Wisconsin is “open for business,” and he means it. On March 9, 2015, Governor Walker signed into law Senate Bill 44, which made Wisconsin the 25th...
View ArticleD.C. Joins the “Ban the Box” Trend and Enacts the Fair Criminal Record...
The primary initiative of the “Ban the Box” nationwide campaign is to persuade employers to remove the “check box” asking applicants if they have a criminal record from their hiring applications. The...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Declines to Clarify When an Employment Action is “Adverse”...
When presented with an employment discrimination claim, one of the early questions any agency or court must answer is whether the claimant has suffered an “adverse employment action.” Simply stated,...
View ArticleThe Interactive Process Dance, Part One: What Happens When the Music Stops?
Introduction California employers are not only required to refrain from discriminating against any employee on the basis of disability, but they also have an obligation to provide “reasonable...
View ArticleThe Interactive Process Dance, Part Two: What Happens When the Music Stops?
Part one of this two-part series covered the details of the interactive process in California and discussed a scenario in which the employee fails to respond to the employer’s attempts to communicate...
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