With the pandemic, businesses battled the overnight shift to almost entirely remote workforces while faced with unprecedented challenges to keep the lights on. While many organizations have “returned to work,” most have...more
Starting a business in the United States can open doors for massive opportunity and success. Along the way, however, businesses will encounter a number of legal and regulatory hurdles.
This “Guide to Starting Business in...more
As with virtually every sector, the COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted the chemical industry—from corporate transactions to supply chains to privacy concerns related to employees working remotely. A team of Womble Bond...more
Lorraine Heard, legal director at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, sets out the background to the new legal requirement that obliges large UK employers to report their gender pay gaps. Theresa Sprain, partner at Womble Bond...more
3/22/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
On December 14, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) voted 3-2 to overrule its own August 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris Industries. Browning-Ferris had overturned the long-standing test of joint employment and...more
A recent decision in the North Carolina Business Court could have significant implications on non-competition covenants in employment agreements that contain a very common automatic renewal term. The decision, if followed by...more
In a significant decision that expands the rights of employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on April 4, 2017 that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination...more
4/7/2017
/ Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
We consider the impact of the U.K. employment tribunal's decision in Aslam and others v Uber BV and others 2202550/2015 and others, including: the status of the drivers; the rights they can now enforce against Uber; and the...more