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The annual deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (commonly known as the "FBAR" form) is fast approaching.

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

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.

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.

The Philadelphia City Council recently approved a bill that adds electronic cigarettes (or "e-cigarettes") to Philadelphia's existing smoking ban.

The general counsel of the NLRB authorized 43 complaints of unfair labor practices brought by McDonald’s franchise workers to proceed against the franchisor.

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

It is critical that employers begin to consider the important issues that the Ebola outbreak raises about preparedness, protocols and workplace safety.

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

The protester alleged that GSA failed to conduct meaningful discussions by not raising, in pre-corrective action discussions, significant weaknesses that resulted in the proposal being rated unacceptable...

The dangers of prescription drug abuse continue to be a huge concern for regulators at every level, including State AGs.

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

Health care reform is the current top agenda item for the Senate Finance Committee.

On March 18, 2015, National Labor Relations Board ("Board") General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. issued a two-part report reviewing recent Board decisions concerning employee handbook rules.

The annual deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts is fast approaching.

The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 requires employers to provide many California employees with up to three paid sick days per year.

Connecticut will become the first state in the nation to require private-sector employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.

Several days after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Labor allowing the agencies to share information and coordinate enforcement efforts to stop the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched an optional settlement program that will enable employers to resolve past worker classification issues.

Consistent with its recent pattern of expanding the rights of employees and unions, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") appears to be reconsidering its long-standing precedent that employers need not provide witness statements obtained in the course of disciplinary investigations to unions representing their employees.