Employment Laws
Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Employment Laws Articles
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New California Law Restores Daily Overtime
Governor Gray Davis recently signed into law the "Eight-Hour-Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999" ("the Act"), that will take effect on January 1, 2000. (See Footnote 1.) The Act restores the requirement that employees be paid an ...
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New Changes May Ease Employers’ Benefit Administration
Significant changes to the pension and health plan rules which may actually simplify the running of benefit programs for certain employers and employees recently became federal law. Under certain conditions, independent contractors (such as ...
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New Clauses in OSHA Settlement Agreements Following Major Accidents
OSHA is seeking several new clauses from employers settling industrial accident citations. Here are some of the latest: 1) Comprehensive Safety and Health Program—OSHA administrators indicate they seek this clause as a management commitment to ...
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New COBRA Guidance Requires Employers To Overhaul Notices And COBRA Procedures
Just over one year ago, the Department of Labor issued proposed COBRA regulations that contained dramatic changes to the content of COBRA notices as well as the manner in which notices were required to be issued. On May 26, 2004, the DOL finalized ...
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New COBRA Notice Rules Proposed
On May 28, 2003, the Department of Labor ("DOL") published proposed regulations relating to the notice requirements under the health care coverage continuation provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA"). The ...
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New Developments Under the False Claims Act
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act (May 22, 2000) Among the more controversial provisions of the False Claims Act are the "qui tam" or "whistleblower" provisions that allow private parties to ...
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New Domestic Partnership Act Affects New Jersey Employers
The New Jersey Domestic Partnership Act ("the DPA"), which takes effect on July 11, 2004, was enacted to grant same-sex couples and unmarried opposite-sex couples legal status and many, but not all, of the same rights as legally married couples. The ...
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New EEOC Policy Guidance Examines Vicarious Employer Liability for Workplace Harassment and Much More
On June 18, 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued yet another enforcement guidance addressing vicarious employment liability for unlawful harassment by supervisors. While this guidance does discuss various issues raised by the ...
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New Eleventh Circuit Ruling in Palmer & Cay Promotes Racing to the Courthouse in Noncompete Disputes
Employers with multi-state noncompete contracts may want to lace up their best pair of running shoes and get ready for a race. On April 1, 2005, the 11th Circuit issued an opinion in Palmer & Cay, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., that ...
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New Federal Law Mandates Coverage for Some Mastectomy-Related Surgery
As you may be aware, late this year, Congress enacted the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act which requires health plans that cover mastectomies to also cover certain related reconstructive surgery. After a participant or beneficiary undergoes a ...
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