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Vers un « droit à la déconnexion » des salariés ?

Un avenant à la Convention collective des Bureau d’Etudes Techniques, Cabinets d’ingénieurs-conseils et Sociétés de Conseil dite « Syntec » signé le 1er avril 2014 a beaucoup fait parler de lui,...

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France: New laws on part-time contracts

As part of its push to simplify employment law and regulation, but using the word “simplicity” in its very loosest sense, the French Government has introduced new rules governing the use of part-time...

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End of the Week Roundup – Paid Sick Leave and 2014 Unionization Rates

Two brief items to pass along as we head into the weekend: In his State of the Union address earlier this week, President Obama urged passage of the Healthy Families Act, a measure that would require...

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Arizona Lawmakers Propose Paid Sick Leave, Meal & Rest Breaks, and...

Earlier this month, Democrats in the Arizona legislature introduced three measures that would significantly change the legal landscape for Arizona employers.  While none of the bills are likely to be...

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US Department of Labor says new FLSA regulations coming this spring…

Just about a year ago, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to “update and modernize” the current regulations governing when employees are deemed exempt...

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UK’s Zero Hour Contract Regulations gain some teeth

In May 2015 the Employment Rights Act was amended to include at Section 27A a provision which made unenforceable any requirement in a zero hours (ZH) contract that the worker could not work elsewhere...

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Inching Closer to the Effective Date of the FLSA Overtime Changes!

On March 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) sent the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) its final rule expanding the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime pay...

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Refusing rest breaks without saying no

All the lawyers are saying that Brexit won’t make any difference to English employment law (and in terms of black and white statute law that is probably true) but here is one of those very few cases...

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A cynic’s guide to the draft Gender Pay Gap Regulations

So here they are, out yesterday, a strange parallel universe where months last 30.44 days and years 365.25, and where you don’t include pay for periods of leave except when you do. In past blogs here...

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San Jose Opportunity to Work Ordinance:  What You Need to Know

On November 8, 2016, voters in the City of San Jose approved the “San Jose Opportunity to Work Ordinance.”  The Ordinance is well-intentioned, but open to significant interpretation.  This is...

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Attention Kmart Shoppers! Oregon Passes Law Regulating Retail Worker...

Oregon is the first state to mandate that the state’s largest employers in the retail industry, as well as in the hospitality and food service industries – those with more than 500 workers  – provide...

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Working from home not enough to support independent contractor relationship

The scrutiny by the Australian Courts of independent contractor relationships continues with the recent case of Putland -v- Royans Wagga Pty Limited. The Federal Court found in August this year that a...

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U.S. Department of Labor Reinstates Previously Rescinded Wage and Hour...

On January 5, 2018, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reissued 17 advisory Opinion Letters that were published during the final months of former President George W....

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US DOL’s Voluntary Wage Underpayment Reporting Program – PAID – Now Underway

As we blogged earlier this year, in March 2018, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new program, referred to as PAID (or, Payroll Audit Independent Determination), under which...

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Minutes Count: California Supreme Court Rejects De Minimis Doctrine for Wage...

On July 26, 2018, the California Supreme Court ruled in Troester v. Starbucks Corporation that the federal de minimis doctrine does not apply to a California employee’s class action wage claims.  This...

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Eyes and Ears on the FLSA – U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Opinion...

On August 28, 2018, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (“WHD”) issued four new opinion letters interpreting various aspects of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act...

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Department of Labor Says Employers Are Not Required to Pay Tipped Employees...

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers are required to pay non-exempt employees a minimum hourly wage of $7.25.  However, employers with “tipped employees” are able to pay such...

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More DOL Letters Needed For Clarity On Enforcement Strategy (US)

Expanding on their previous post on the subject, on April 3, 2019, Law360 published the following article authored by Squire Patton Boggs labor and employment attorneys Laura Lawless Robertson and...

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State Law Round-Up: Developments in Wage and Hour (CO, MA, ME, WA),...

It’s been an active few weeks since our last State Law Round-Up in mid-April 2019, with a number of bills being signed into new laws and case developments impacting employers in many US states over...

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Illinois and City of Chicago Poised to Implement New Laws Addressing Changes...

Illinois Restricts Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring On May 29, 2019, the Illinois Legislature unanimously passed the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act, which, not surprisingly,...

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