On April 17, 2024, the Oregon Court of Appeals recognized a government employee’s whistleblower claim under state law against a city that employed him under an intergovernmental agreement with another city.
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education issued its updated final regulations enforcing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which will govern sex discrimination complaints regarding conduct that occurs after August 1, 2024.
On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court decided that employees do not need to suffer “significant” harm to state a claim of discrimination under Title VII.
As we start the second quarter of 2024, there are a number of important developments in immigration compliance involving many of the applicable agencies.
Reversing the NLRB’s decision in Sterns Produce Company v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit rejected the Board’s reasoning that a company had engaged in unlawful surveillance simply by directing a driver to uncover his onboard camera.
On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) transportation exemption—meaning the FAA would not apply—only relates to workers within the transportation industry.
The Phoenix ordinance creates the first heat protection scheme for workers in Arizona. Like most states, Arizona does not impose heat illness regulations statewide.
An investigator’s role in an investigation is to gather facts, but there are times when they need to recognize the signs of trauma, and understand how it affects complainants, respondents, witnesses, and the accuracy of investigative data.
