Insights

In a result that was surprising to many lawyers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is often regarded as the second most important court in the land, ruled that there is no privilege from...

On November 10, 2005, we reported that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), a federal agency which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration, has issued...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently upheld a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) finding that a union-free investment advisory firm violated the National Labor...

Effective January 1, 2006, the New York State minimum wage will increase from $6.00 per hour to $6.75 per hour. It will increase again to $7.15 per hour as of January 1, 2007. Any increase in the federal minimum wage above...

Relatively few pieces of employment legislation were signed into law this year by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Instead, much political attention was focused on eight initiatives placed on the ballot for the...

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq. (the “FLSA”), employers must compensate employees for activities performed during the workday.  On November 8, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court issued...

Employers who are federal contractors and subcontractors are required to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity in their employment processes.  As part of that process, government contractors are...

On August 11, 2005, the California Supreme Court ruled that corporate directors and officers cannot be held personally liable for a company’s failure to pay wages owed to its employees. Reynolds v. Bement, 36 Cal. 4th 1075...

On August 11, 2005, the California Supreme Court ruled that an employee could state a claim for retaliation under the Fair Employment Housing Act (“FEHA”) based on the employee’s refusal to comply with a supervisor’s...

On July 18, 2005, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that supervisors’ sexual relationships with subordinates may create a hostile work environment for co-workers, even if those co-workers were not directly...