Worker's Compensation
Australia: Variation of the Professional Employees Award 2020
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has determined to vary the Professional Employees Award 2020 (Award) to clarify its coverage and...
Impressing a Robot: EEOC Takes a Byte Out of AI Based Hiring (US)
Squire Patton Boggs Intern Ruzanna Mirzoyan discusses the EEOC’s focus on artificial employment tools in employment recruitment and hiring decisions....
EEOC Announces Enforcement Priorities for 2023-2027
On Tuesday January 10, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) publicly released its Draft Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for...
Illinois Supreme Court Rules All BIPA Claims Are Subject to Five-Year Time Limit
In a victory for the plaintiffs’ bar, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that all claims under Illinois’s Biometric Information...
Request for “FMLA leave” is protected activity, court says: Employment & Labor Insider
Picture this. You ask your boss whether you can take leave under the FMLA. Your boss asks why you want...
Once, Twice, Gone: After Two Ballot Initiatives, D.C.’s Minimum Wage Tip Credit Set to Be Phased Out
A five year long saga appears to be coming to a close as Washington D.C.’s alternative minimum wage for tipped...
Managing Long-term Sickness Webinar – Follow-up questions answered (Part 3 – UK)
Here are a couple more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Managing...
Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives Update: January 2023
Our January update covers the following: We look at the changes in immigration policies as Mainland China downgraded COVID-19 from...
Did you hear? The EEOC issues new guidance on auditory disabilities in the workplace. (US)
Hearing impairment probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about workplace discrimination. In fact, it’s...
Managing Long-term Sickness Webinar – Follow-up questions answered (Part 2 – UK)
During our recent webinar on Managing Long-term Sickness Absence, we received a number of questions via the chat facility. Our...