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The Department of Labor announced that Goodwill Industries, best known for their donation centers and retail stores, has agreed to settle allegations of systemic discrimination stemming from Goodwill’s selection practices.

On May 2, 2016, Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoed Bill S992, New Jersey's equal pay bill.

On September 19, 2013, two members of the House of Representatives’ Education and Workforce Committee sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez seeking additional information regarding the regulations recently adopted by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs regarding individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of CMS on the ground that it was not the employer within the meaning of IWC Wage Order No. 12-2001

As in other sectors of the economy, there is a labor shortage in the funeral industry. However, unlike other fields in which the demand for workers is outpacing supply...

As employers plan for paying various health care reform fees, one question that arises is whether the fees owed are tax deductible.

On May 24, 2017, the Louisiana Senate Finance Committee voted 7-3 against Senate Bill No. 153, which aimed to increase the state minimum wage to $8.00 per hour in 2018 and to $8.50 per hour in 2019.

As has been long anticipated, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently gave a green light to plaintiffs' attorneys seeking a fee award under the Commonwealth's Payment of Wages Act, even where an action...

In the wake of a challenge by the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") has again agreed to postpone the effective date of a controversial regulation that would require most employers to post a notice informing employees about their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

Last month, the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development released New Jersey’s new pay equity notice in English and Spanish.

In an article published by the New York Times yesterday, Lloyd Chinn, Co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblower & Retaliation Group, commented on the recent efforts of some companies to strengthen their whistleblower compliance programs.

On Friday, for the second week in a row, the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of a 401(k) plan excessive fee litigation challenging the offering of retail share classes...

The Ninth Circuit held that a plan administrator's failure to render a decision on a long-term disability benefits claim within the period mandated by the plan and ERISA did not alter the standard of review...

Today in Trenton, New Jersey State Assembly Leader Vincent Prieto, Assemblyman John Wisniewski and State Senator Ray Lesniak proposed a bill to raise the state minimum wage from $8.38 to $15 for all New Jersey workers.

The NLRB announced today that Marvin E. Kaplan was sworn in as the agency's newest Board member.

Finch was promoted in 2016 and received a new compensation plan; he also received new compensation plans in 2017 and 2018.

This summer, we wrote about a bill passed by both the New York State Assembly and Senate to amend the New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act (the WTPA).

Oregon, like many states, has on its books a "slayer statute," which generally prohibits a slayer or abuser of a decedent from obtaining benefits by virtue of the death of the decedent.