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NYC Bans Contract Terms that Reduce the Time Employees Have to Bring Discrimination Claims: Key Points for Employers

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New York City employers should review their handbooks and employment agreements to ensure they comply with a new law that took effect May 11. Lawmakers recently amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to prohibit...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Mark Your Calendars, New York Employers: A Look at the 2020 Effective Dates for Employment-Related Legislation

2019 brought a number of important changes in the law that warrant the attention of New York employers. Start off the new year right and ensure your calendars are up to date by including the 2020 effective dates of these New...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

EEOC Retracts Long-standing Policy Against Binding Arbitration in Bias Cases

On Dec. 16, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rescinded its 1997 policy statement on “Mandatory Binding Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Disputes as a Condition of Employment (the 1997 Policy...more

Dechert LLP

NDA and Confidentiality Provisions in Severance and Other Agreements – What Should Employers be Doing Now?

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The debate continues in the United Kingdom as to how non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements should be regulated to combat their abuse, particularly in cases of harassment and discrimination. In this OnPoint we consider...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Avoid Buyer’s Remorse Over EPLI Coverage

Many employers purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to insure against loss as a result of employment claims. However, employers who do not carefully read their policies could be surprised by what is (or is...more

Carlton Fields

NDNY Finds Party Waived Right to Pursue Employment-Related Claims and Confirms Arbitration Award

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The plaintiff voluntarily signed an employment agreement that provided that any and all employment-related disputes arising out of the plaintiff’s employment would be subject to confidential arbitration. Following his...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Illinois Enacts Workplace Transparency Act

On August 9, 2019, Illinois Governor Pritzker signed the Workplace Transparency Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act will apply to all contracts, agreements, clauses, or waivers entered into, modified, or extended on or after...more

Carlton Fields

Failure to Specifically Challenge “Delegation” Clause in Arbitration Agreement Means Motion to Compel Arbitration “Must Be...

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The plaintiff sued his former employer for discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and violations of the Missouri Human Rights Act. The defendant moved to compel arbitration based on the parties’ Mutual...more

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Mandatory Arbitration Provision Enforceable in Sexual Harassment Case Despite Recent NY Law

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On June 26, 2019, Judge Denise Cote, of the Southern District of New York, granted a motion to compel arbitration of an employment discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment claim—despite recently passed NY law, NY...more

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What New Jersey’s New Law On Employment Contracts Means for Employers: Are Non-Disclosure and Arbitration Provisions Out?

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On March 18, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law, which, among other things, bars employers from requiring employees to sign or enforcing employment contracts that require employees to agree to waive...more

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