If there has been one constant in employment law over the last generation, it is change. The forecast for 2019 is no different. In Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Texas Legislature, employers can expect developments that...more
1/24/2019
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Arbitration ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
No-Poaching ,
Obama Administration ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Gary Fowler and John Jansonius presented "2018 Employment and Labor Law Update: The Year of #MeToo" at the 20th annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium on Oct. 11, 2018 at the Westin Galleria Hotel....more
10/31/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Actions ,
Compelled Speech ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Janus v AFSCME ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OMB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 7 ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Union Dues
May a company ask its employees to enter into agreements to arbitrate disputes and that also waive an employee’s ability to bring a class or collective action on behalf of other present or former employees? On May 21, 2018,...more
5/24/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Actions ,
Congressional Intent ,
Employment Contract ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 7 ,
Split of Authority ,
Wage and Hour
On November 22, 2016, District Judge Amos Mazzant, III issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules that were set to go into effect December 1, 2016. That rule proposed to...more
11/28/2016
/ Barack Obama ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Lack of Authority ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions