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Managing Your Workforce During COVID-19
As federal, state and local governments continue to develop their responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, employers may find themselves in uncharted territory as to how to deal with emerging employee issues. There are…
Employer Survival Kit: Coronavirus Edition
With the arrival of 2019 novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") to the United States, employers should begin thinking about strategies to mitigate business interruptions, ensure employee safety, and avoid unnecessary…
Going It Alone: The Supreme Court Continues to Limit Class Arbitration for Employees
If you’re waiting for a reversal of the trend at the Supreme Court to limit employers’ ability to insist on arbitration instead of litigation, or of the trend limiting class claims, keep waiting. The Supreme Court…
Ninth Circuit Rules that California Employees Can Trade Away Meal Period Rights
In a noteworthy decision last week, the Ninth Circuit ruled that fast food workers in California can voluntarily bargain away some of their meal period rights in exchange for discounted meals. The unanswered questions…
When Arbitration is in Play, Class Action is off the Table
In the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, employers are able to enforce individual arbitration proceedings if arbitration was agreed to in an employment contract. Settling a Circuit…