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By Krista Stevenson Johnson | June 21, 2017
In the current job market, many technology sector employers are seeking to recruit and retain top talent by creating a positive workplace culture. For many employers, this also includes efforts to recruit and hire workers from underrepresented groups such as women, African-Americans, and LGBTQ employees.
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By Erin Mulvaney | June 21, 2017
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday promoted apprenticeship programs as key to closing the skills gap in a speech to a friendly audience of the National Association of Manufacturers, the powerful trade group that participated in many lawsuits against the U.S. Labor Department during the Obama administration.
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By Zack Needles | June 20, 2017
A federal magistrate judge in Erie has allowed a Title VII sexual harassment case to proceed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and two of its parishes, ruling that discovery is needed to determine whether the three entities together constitute a "single employer" for the purposes of the litigation.
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By Cheryl Miller | June 20, 2017
Human resources startup Zenefits will pay $3.4 million to 743 current and former employees the company misclassified as exempt from overtime and minimum wage rules, the U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday.
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By Erin Mulvaney | June 20, 2017
Long-time public sector attorney Marvin Kaplan was tapped Monday by President Donald Trump for a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board, moving the agency tasked with ruling on major disputes between businesses and unions one step closer to a Republican majority for the first time in nearly a decade.
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By David Ruiz | June 19, 2017
In the Covington & Burling report released last week by Uber Technologies Inc. in response to claims of harassment and bias at the company, one theme kept popping up: gaps in the human resources department's communication with in-house counsel.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Supervisor's promise that employee's position would be available following employee's maternity leave was sufficient to create property interest supporting a claim for violation of procedural due process rights. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 16, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday reversed its position in a key labor case, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace agreements that ban class actions do not run afoul of federal labor law.
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By C. Ryan Barber | June 16, 2017
Watson comes to Wall Street. There might be fewer financial regs to comply with in the coming months. Draft federal legislation would block states from setting driverless car rules. Uber faces more regulatory and labor compliance headaches. An AARP lawyer wants regulators to take a fresh look at mandatory retirement policies at big firms. This is a roundup from ALM and around the web.
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By Erin Mulvaney | June 15, 2017
A JPMorgan Chase specialist alleges the company is discriminating against new fathers over paid-leave policy. In the charge, Derek Rotondo is seeking changes to the company's parental leave policy to make it equitable between mothers and fathers, as well as monetary relief for him and other fathers who have lost out on paid leave. He is represented by the ACLU and Outten & Golden.
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