In recent weeks, the United States Department of Labor has taken firm steps towards rescinding the “Persuader Rule,” which is a regulation issued by the Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) of the Department...
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Under federal law, private sector employers who regularly employ more than fifteen employees in a given year have statutory and regulatory obligations to preserve records related to their hiring and employment practices....
Employee Rights with Family and Medical Leave
April 28, 2017
On March 17, 2017 in Yolich v. Financial Management Systems, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of employer Financial Management Systems, Inc. (FMS) on a motion for...
Last week, under the hashtag #BlackWomenAtWork, black women began sharing their stories of discrimination and disrespect on twitter. The stories multiplied. The stories keep coming. The hashtag, not new on twitter, was...
Developments in Gender Pay Equity Laws
March 16, 2017
1.95 million. As of the date of this post, that is the number of results produced by my general internet search for “pay equity issues.” There has indeed been much debate and literature on the issue, ranging from general...