On December 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy.
The National Commission on Minimum Wages ("Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos" or CONASAMI ) recently approved a general minimum wage increase of 4.2%.
While employers should take prudent measures to protect workplaces, employers should not overreact or impose drastic measures that are disproportionate to the actual risk, are unnecessarily costly, or are likely to be ineffective.
Connecticut has passed a new law regulating electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products in various venues, including numerous places of employment.
Amendments to the New York Labor Law that expanded permitted deductions from wages for overpayments and advances against wages, among other items, will expire on November 6.
Obscenities alone—even when viewed by an employer's customers—do not deprive employees engaged in protected concerted activity of the NLRA's protections.
