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A federal appeals court has ruled that employee misclassification claims brought by “distributors” who delivered goods from a bakery company to their retailers were not subject to mandatory arbitration. Defendant Flowers Foods, Inc., which owns subsidiary bakeries in multiple states, ...

With a focus on preventing discrimination against job seekers and workers, the EEOC has issued a technical assistance document entitled, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment Selection Procedures Under Title VII of the Civil ...

I recently referred an acquaintance to senior leadership for a job on our team. I thought he’d be a good fit, despite the fact that his experience was not exactly on point. I knew him to have good analytical skills ...

In the wake of the federal announcement that the COVID-19 public health emergency is over, the EEOC has issued updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance. The guidance is entitled, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation ...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made it easier for employers working remotely to file Form I-9. But soon that will no longer be the case. Form I-9 is used to verify the identity ...

A federal court in Virginia has conditionally certified a class of bartenders and barbacks who claimed a rock festival violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, and Virginia law. The defendants argued that class certification wasn’t warranted because the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies. The justices’ decision returns to a lower court the case of a family of an American college student who was ...

An employee who would have been lawfully terminated had they not taken leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act cannot prove that their employer interfered with their FMLA rights by not reinstating them, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...

The use of previous salary history in determining pay for federal employment offers would be prohibited under proposed regulations released by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The proposal states that federal agencies would not be able to consider an applicant’s ...

In the world’s largest pilot project testing the four-day workweek, most employers and employees agree that the reduced schedule — responsible for more sleep, less stress, and an improved personal life — is king. But that trial took place in ...