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 Proposed Regulations for Cafeteria Plans in Connection with the Family and Medical Leave Act
In December, 1995, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations for rules governing cafeteria plans in connection with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). Prop. Treas. Reg. § 1.125-3 (December 21, 1995). This article ...
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New Rules Defining Dependents Will Impact Employee Benefits
Congress recently passed the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 ("WFTRA"). This new law amended the definition of dependent found in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code. The law takes effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1 ...
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New Voluntary ERISA Fiduciary Compliance Program: Gift or Trojan Horse?
On March 15, 2000, the Department of Labor published the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ("VFC Program") that will allow voluntary corrections of ERISA fiduciary violations. Participation in the VFC Program will reduce the risk of DOL ...
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New York Workers’ Compensation Update
As you know, there have been many recent changes to the hearing and administration process before the Workers' Compensation Board. The electronic file system has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of hearings scheduled. This reduced ...
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New Zealand Updates Arbitration Act
New Zealand updated its 1908 Arbitration Act as of July 1997. The new law makes disputes concerning any agreements subject to arbitration if the parties have provided for arbitration in the agreement, unless such an agreement is contrary to public ...
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Ninth Circuit Holds Title VII Prohibits Compulsory Arbitration of Civil Rights Claims
The federal appellate court in San Francisco last week weighed in on a question that has been the subject of considerable disagreement among judges and lawyers: whether private employers can require their employees to arbitrate discrimination claims ...
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Ninth Circuit Limits Arbitration of Title VII Claims
On Friday, May 8, 1998, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued an opinion that has at least temporarily driven a dagger into the heart of virtually every mandatory employment arbitration agreement in the western United States. In ...
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Ninth Circuit Removes Barrier to Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements with Employees
West Coast employers will have an easier time enforcing their employees' agreements to arbitrate discrimination claims under a Ninth Circuit decision this week that overturned a 1998 case that prevented many employers from arbitrating employee ...
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NJ Adopts New Rules Aimed at Reform
The State of New Jersey recently adopted new Administrative Rules which appear to be the most sweeping reform of the NJ Workers' Compensation system in the last 17 tears. The rules address substantive and procedural aspects that may result in a ...
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NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Leave Rights of Pregnant Employees Under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination
In Gerety v. Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort, 2005 N.J. LEXIS 931 (July 25, 2005), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that pregnant employees are not entitled to preferential leave treatment under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ...
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