Author: Mary Mae Miral

Virginia Introduces New Laws Regarding Prevailing Wages and Wage Theft The state of Virginia has made significant changes to its wage laws for state contractors, both introducing a prevailing wage statute and amending the existing law on wage theft....

New York State Division of Human Rights Prohibits Confidential Settlements The New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR), which enforces the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), has issued a notice that requests for discontinuance of complaints...

Independent Contractors Fight to Bypass Mandatory Arbitration Employment law and society as a whole is now grappling with the question of what makes an employee. The nature of the difference between independent contractors and employees has been...

Seventh Circuit Holds That Agreement to Arbitrate Was Not Specific Enough In response to an appeal from an airline employer, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has provided more guidance on what is required to mandate arbitration of anti-discrimination...

New York State Extends Employers’ HERO Act Obligations The New York State Commissioner of Health has renewed COVID 19’s designation as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public.” This renewal of...

Failure to Produce Employment Records May Cost Employers A California appeals court has ruled that employers may be forced to pay more overtime than employees earned if their records fall short. The court recently was faced with the case of an...

Employee Qualified for CFRA Leave to Care for Adult Sibling A California appeals court had ruled that a public employer violated the California Family Rights Act CFRA when it fired a worker that took leave to care for an adult sibling in 2014....

FMLA Does Not Prevent Employers from Enforcing Notification Requirements Another recent case before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that employees can be required to comply with their employer’s notice requirements even where...