By Robert Bowes with Alex Jones A recent point of emphasis for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been to ensure that employment handbooks comply with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). It has become the NLRB’s standard practice to examine...
By Alex Jones If you are an employer that submits an annual Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), then your obligations may increase. On February 1, 2016, the EEOC proposed changes to the current EEO-1, which...
NLRB Says Employers May Not Maintain an Outright Ban on Employees’ Use of Recording Equipment at Work Add the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) recent ruling in Whole Foods, Inc. to the growing list of NLRB decisions limiting employers’ ability to manage the...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently filed a lawsuit against Randstad, an employment staffing agency, for refusing to hire a qualified candidate due to her medicinal use of methadone. EEOC v. Randstad, US, LP, 1:15-CV-03354. The applicant,...
“Copyrights (and Wrongs) for Religious Organizations: Works Made for Hire: Who Owns the Sermon?” is the third article of a three part series of articles on copyright law and religious organizations. For the laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke 10:7 KJV Under the...
"Copyrights (and Wrongs) for Religious Organizations: The Fair Use Doctrine and the Religious Services Exception" is the second of a three part series of articles on copyright law and religious organizations. In truth, in literature, in science and in art, there are,...
Authored by: Sarah D'Amore On March 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules referred to as Regulation A+ that make raising capital more accessible to smaller nonpublic companies.[1] The new rules will not only provide growing...
"Copyright (and Wrongs) for Religious Organizations: Introduction to Copyright Law" is the first of a three part series of articles on copyright law and religious organizations. . . . every author should have the property of his own work reserved to him after death,...
Authored by: Justine Lara Konicki On October 27, 2015, the Department of Education released its regulations for the new Revised Pay As You Earn student loan repayment plan (“REPAYE”). More information and the regulations can be found on the U.S. Department of...
Authored by: Jennifer M. Hart On Monday, October 12, 2015, Twitter suspended @Deadspin and @SBNationGIF. Was it because Deadspin is among the sports blogosphere’s more irreverent? No, it appears that the National Football League (the “NFL”), the Ultimate Fighting...