Events
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DOL Update: 2023 Changes Affecting Businesses in 2024
Are you classifying and paying your workers correctly? The tests have changed in some cases, and new rules have been proposed that could have a significant impact on businesses. This webinar provided an update on the overall…
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Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks from Exiting Employees
In the modern workplace, keeping track of proprietary information and ensuring its confidentiality has become significantly more challenging due to the prevalence of remote employees, cloud computing, and the comingling of personal and company devices that can…
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Avoiding, Minimizing, and Fighting Withdrawal Liability
This webinar addressed the significant challenges faced by companies that participate in multiemployer pension plans. Specifically, it helped unionized employers understand and analyze what is often the most critical challenge facing their business – multiemployer pension withdrawal…
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Tips and Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence Incidents
Workplace violence has been a focus for both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for several years, as it continues to be one of the leading causes of occupational…
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The Changing Landscape of Non-Compete Laws
For the past several years, there has been a nationwide trend to restrict the use of employee non-compete agreements both at the state and federal levels, culminating with the Final Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission…
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Special Bonus Webinar: OSHA’s New Worker Walkaround Rule
To advance Pres. Biden’s promise to lead “the most Labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule (the “Worker Walkaround Rule”), which…
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New Employee Handbook Laws: Tips for Compliance
As we near the end of the Biden Administration’s first term, the NLRB has continued to be very active in issuing decisions that align with the Administration’s philosophy. These decisions are wide-ranging and include increased scrutiny of…
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Mid-Year California Labor & Employment Regulatory and Legislative Update
As we reach the halfway point of 2024, it is time to take stock of employment law updates out of California over the past six months. We provided a comprehensive review of the latest developments, discuss current…
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Retaliation and Whistleblower Complaints with the EEOC, OSHA, and MSHA
Over the past several years, employers have seen a significant uptick in retaliation claims filed by employees and investigated by federal agencies. For example, in 2010, only approx. 30% of all charges filed with the EEOC included…
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ADA Website Compliance Obligations for Businesses
As in years past, the number of lawsuits filed against hotels, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation alleging that their websites violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) has continued to rise nationwide. Additionally, this year…
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The Intersection Between AI and Employment and OSHA Law
The latest phenomenon in artificial intelligence (“AI”), generative AI such as ChatGPT, has changed the world as we know it. While some fear AI will replace workers and others praise its efficiency and productivity, there is no…
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2025 Legal & Regulatory Trends and Developments
There have been a host of developments of which employers need to be aware as they plan for 2025 and beyond. On the employment practices side, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Strategic Enforcement…