by Justin Hectus | Apr 26, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On April 25, 2019, a United States District Judge in the District of Columbia ruled that large and mid-sized employers will have until September 30, 2019 to inform the EEOC how much they paid workers of different sexes, races and ethnicities in 2018. The Equal...
by Marjorie Hall | Apr 2, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
In a recent FINRA Arbitration, KYL obtained a complete defense award related to a former financial advisor’s claim for wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, defamation, and related claims. The former employee of our financial services client sought over $7...
by Justin Hectus | Mar 11, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled a long-awaited rule proposal to update the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “white collar” overtime exemptions. The proposed rule would increase the currently-enforced salary thresholds set in...
by Justin Hectus | Dec 4, 2018 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
As always, the changing of the calendar year triggers the arrival of new laws with important implications for California employers. Many new laws stem from the #MeToo movement, and most expand protections for employees in 2019 and beyond. Additionally, several laws...
by commune | Feb 21, 2018 | Employment Alerts, Other News
Today, the United States Supreme Court held in Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Paul Somers that the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) provides “whistleblower” protection only to those employees who report misconduct to the...
by commune | Dec 21, 2017 | Employment Alerts, Other News
It’s the shortest day of the year, but, as usual, there is no shortage of laws impacting California employers scheduled to go into effect in the New Year. As anticipated, new laws and updates to existing laws will expand protections to employees in 2018. We...
