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Parental Leave – It’s Not Just a Women’s Issue
A complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court earlier this week highlights a blind spot for many employers. When thinking about parental leave issues, employers often focus on their women. But men have the same rights as women when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in FMLA, Snell & Wilmer, Title VII
| Tagged Employees, FMLA, Litigation, Massachusetts, Title VII
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Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Law – Recent Developments
2020 brought employment law practitioners several federal court decisions that proved to be interesting, instructive and, at times, entertaining. Some decisions were victories for employees, and others were victories for employers. No matter the outcome, however, all the opinions continue … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Disability, Equal Pay, Salary History, Supreme Court, Title VII
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Can Companies Use the Outside Sales Exemption During a Pandemic?
COVID-19 has altered the way nearly every employee performs their work. Videoconferencing and phone calls have largely replaced in-person visits and face-to-face meetings in many workplaces. By extension, many sales employees who used to visit customers in person now do … Continue reading
Posted in California, DOL, FLSA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, Outside Sales Exemption
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Show Them the Money: Colorado’s New Equal Pay Law
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) goes into effect January 1, 2021. To implement the Act, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment recently adopted the Equal Pay Transparency (“EPT”) Rules. Here, we summarize certain notable features of … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Hiring, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Colorado, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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Cal-OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Regulation
On Thursday, November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board unanimously passed an emergency Cal-OSHA regulation. The final draft was sent to the Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) on November 20, 2020. OAL will have 10 days … Continue reading
Posted in California, OSHA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, OSHA
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Mail or In-Person Voting? The NLRB Issues Guidance on Representation Elections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As with many other facets of life, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handles representation cases. This week, in Aspirus Keweenaw & Michigan Nurses Ass’n, Petitioner, 370 NLRB No. 45 (2020), the NLRB adopted a … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, NLRB, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Elections, NLRB, Unions
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Voting Rights – Key Questions for Employers
Movie stars, musicians and athletes are popping up everywhere urging Americans to vote. Your employees are getting the message. So, what happens if an employee asks to take time off of work to vote? Do you have to grant the … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, Nevada, Snell & Wilmer, Utah
| Tagged Election Day, Paid Time Off, voting, Voting Laws
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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule to No Longer Keep Employers in the Dark as to Cause Finding and Conciliation Demand
Employers who have been frustrated over the years by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s oft-employed tactic of keeping its factual evidence close to the vest, even after a cause finding as to a charge and/or during conciliation efforts, may … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged conciliation, EEOC, EEOC charge, proposed rule
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Let’s Stay Out of the Weeds – Arizona’s Recreational Marijuana Proposition
This November, Arizona voters will decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. One burning question for employers: How does this impact operations? We consider some of the issues here.
Posted in Arizona, Immigration, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Arizona Drug Testing of Employees Act, Drug Testing, Immigration, Medical Marijuana, Prop. 207, Recreational Marijuana
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California Mandates COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Employers Not Covered by the FFCRA
Large employers in California must now comply with a California version of the federal Families First COVID Response Act (“FFCRA”). On September 10, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 1867 requiring employers with 500 or more employees and … Continue reading
Posted in California, Sick Leave, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paid Sick Leave
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