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Labor & Employment
EEOC’s New Guidance Regarding The Use Of Arrest And Conviction Records: Background Screening Practices Take The Foreground
On April 25, 2012, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the “Guidance”)....
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Waivers Of Class And Collective Claims In Arbitration Agreements: Recent Developments
As described in Kramer Levin’s August 2010 Employment Law Update, the United States Supreme Court held in Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds Int’l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010) that parties could not be compelled to submit class antitrust claims to arbitration when the arbitration clauses...
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The NLRB Gives All Employers Cause For Concern
A newly activist National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or the “Board”) has given all employers – whether or not their workplaces are unionized – reason to pay close attention to its activities. While many of its initiatives will be subject to...
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Break Out Those Arbitration Agreements: United States Supreme Court Issues Another Pro-Arbitration Decision
The United States Supreme Court last year held in Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds Int’l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010), that parties could not be compelled to submit class antitrust claims to class arbitration when the arbitration clauses in their agreements were silent on the question of class...
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NLRB Says Comments On Facebook Constitute Protected Activity
In late 2010, the National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB") issued a controversial complaint regarding workers' rights and personal internet postings, contending that comments on a social networking site constituted protected activity. While the complaint was subsequently settled...
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