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

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.

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.

On September 24, 2013, the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published final rules amending requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors under both the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

On October 1, 2013, the federal government entered its new fiscal year without Congressional agreement on a federal budget.

The Second Circuit's decision confirms that employee arbitration agreements may provide employers with an important tool to avoid class action discrimination claims.

In 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States and several state Supreme Courts issued significant labor and employment law decisions.

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended ("Title VII"), protects third party employees from retaliation in addition to the person bringing the original complaint.

This morning the California Supreme Court ruled that California employers do not have to ensure that employees perform no work during statutory meal breaks.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff announced the creation of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security in a press release issued on September 20, 2012.

Action Item: As the end of the year approaches and 2015 planning is in full-swing, federal contractors and subcontractors ("contractors") should be mindful of their affirmative action obligations including many new obligations pertaining to protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Action Item: Companies should consider how improved diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba could impact their business and employees.

New York City Council ("Council") members are expected to formally introduce two Local Laws on April 27, 2023, during the next Council meeting, seeking to regulate private-sector...

In anticipation of the upcoming launch of the ICM Registry's new top level domain .xxx, which will roll out this fall, Blank Rome LLP is available to assist owners of registered trademarks

With the closing of the 60-day public comment period (on September 4, 2015) on the proposed new white collar regulations, the DOL still has a great deal of work ahead.