The California Legislature completed its substantive legislative work for the year in the very early morning hours of Thursday, September 1, 2016, with the usual frenetic, last-minute flurry of bill-passing,
On August 31, 2016, Brazil’s eSocial Steering Committee issued a new resolution postponing the eSocial digital bookkeeping program’s implementation deadlines, the first of which was scheduled for September 2016.
On August 31, 2016, the City of Berkeley, California joined the long list of local jurisdictions to create a local sick leave law when it enacted the “Paid Sick Leave Ordinance.”
This month's Insider Report examines what federal agencies were up to while Congress was out of session, and discusses state and local laws that advanced in the weeks leading up to Labor Day.
Just two months after Chicago became the second city in the Midwest to require employers to provide paid sick leave, Illinois has enacted three laws that entitle employees to additional protected leaves.
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently published its highly anticipated Final Rule regarding the so-called "blacklisting" procedures for federal contractors. What does this mean for employers?
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit may have simplified – but not eased – the determination of whether the employee satisfies their burden of proof in a discrimination case at the summary judgment stage.
