In honor of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight one of the most impactful traditions in our Washington, D.C., office: the Black History Month D.C. Easel Project, in which Blank Rome attorneys...

New York City's Earned Sick Time Act is tentatively scheduled to take effect in April 2014.

The ADEA prohibits failing or refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against individuals who are 40 years of age or older because of their age.

Please take note that effective July 1, 2014, the following California laws take effect.

Massachusetts recently enacted a "ban the box" law prohibiting public and private employers from asking questions about a job applicant’s criminal history on an initial written job application.

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently announced that it was postponing the implementation date for its new rule requiring all private-sector employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act") to post a notice of employees' rights under the Act, including the right to unionize.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that an initial offer letter to an employee was not a binding agreement.

The United States Supreme Court recently clarified the scope of equitable relief available under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, holding inU.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen that equitable principles cannot trump the unambiguous terms of an ERISA benefit plan.

In a highly anticipated decision involving class actions of employment discrimination claims, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes", that class certification of approximately 1.5 million plaintiffs was inappropriate.

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls ("DDTC") published under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR") updated Open General License...

Smaller reporting companies are subject to say-on-pay and say-on- frequency votes for the first time this year.

Frederick Lipman, Barry Genkin, and Yelena Barychev authored the "Audit Committees" portfolio, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

California has become the twelfth state to partner with the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") to combat worker misclassification. As previously reported in September 2011, the DOL and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to coordinate efforts to stop businesses from misclassifying employees as independent contractors.

On the heels of the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision denying back pay to undocumented workers, a California Court of Appeal, in Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., recently ruled that an undocumented worker who was not eligible to work in the United States was not legally qualified for the job and, therefore, had no recourse for his wrongful failure to hire claims.

This week, California's Governor, Jerry Brown, signed into law two bills that place California at the forefront of protecting employees while at the same time attempting to curtail the state's 12.1% unemployment rate.

The California Supreme Court held in that a state’s refusal to enforce an arbitration agreement that waives the right to class proceedings is preempted under the Federal Arbitration Act.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement and interpret new statutory amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), expanding military family leave provisions and leave eligibility for airline flight crew employees.

Inclement weather can raise unique wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Target Corporation maintained policies in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Senate Bill 459, a law that enacts stiff penalties on employers who willfully misclassify individuals as independent contractors.