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Seward & Kissel LLP

Employment Litigation Roundup: June 2024

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CFTC charges employer with failing to include whistleblower carveout in agreements with employees - Commodities trading firm Trafigura Trading LLC agreed to pay a $55 million fine to settle charges from the Commodity...more

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Employment Best Practices for Hotel Operators During the Pandemic

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As travel increases despite ongoing pandemic concerns, hotel operators must address how to welcome back the increased workforce needed to care for more guests. While some hotels remained open during quarantine with...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Preparing for COVID-19 Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims

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It is a virtual certainty that lawsuits from employees will increase, and likely with emphasis on whistleblower and retaliation claims as states reopen and more employees return to work. Employers need to think ahead and be...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

Whistleblower Claims on the Horizon Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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In recent weeks, there have been numerous widely reported incidents of employees, particularly those in the health care industry, claiming that they have been retaliated against for reporting health and safety concerns...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Responding to Healthcare Employee Concerns in the COVID-19 Age

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As the battle against COVID-19 intensifies, healthcare workers have become vocal about their perceptions of deficiencies surrounding patient care and safety within their workplaces and have expressed their views publicly on...more

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Labor & Employment Issues Facing the Healthcare Industry

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Public discourse on "healthcare" has focused primarily on health insurance and the significant changes made by the Affordable Care Act. But what about the providers of healthcare—the doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmaceutical...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

OSHA Agrees To Refer Untimely Whistleblowers to the NLRB

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Thanks to a recent agreement between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Labor Relations Board, safety whistleblowers won't necessarily be defeated by untimely complaints. The agencies have...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OSHA To Refer Untimely Retaliation Claims to NLRB

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have entered into a new program that will provide whistleblowers an avenue to pursue claims that are time-barred by the...more

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OSHA and the NLRB Offer Safety Whistleblower Plaintiffs a Second Bite of the Apple by Resurrecting Untimely Whistleblower Claims

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In our last Workplace Safety & Health blog post, we discussed proactive steps employers can take should the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) arrive with a union representative or community activist to...more

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