by Marjorie Hall | Dec 18, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
As another year draws to a close, new laws are set to take effect once the calendar flips to January 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is on the forefront of most minds, but that does not mean California employers should take other new laws any less...
by Marjorie Hall | Sep 25, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Yesterday, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final overtime rule. The rule, which takes effect on January 1, 2020: Raises the standard salary level from $455 to $684 per week (or $35,568 per year) for the executive, administrative, and...
by Justin Hectus | Sep 12, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in ZB, N.A., et al. v. Superior Court (Lawson), Supreme Court Docket No. S246711. The decision was expected to resolve a split between the Courts of Appeal regarding the arbitrability...
by Justin Hectus | Jun 4, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On June 3, 2019, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the charge-filing requirement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, requiring a complainant to first file a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) before...
by Christopher Stecher | 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...
