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President Obama’s Executive Actions On Immigration Will Impact Employment-Based Immigration by Kenneth A. Hoogstra published on National Law Review

President Obama announced a series of much-anticipated executive actions directing changes in our nation’s immigration system. Although the attention has been largely focused on the provisions of the executive actions relating to undocumented aliens, the executive actions also direct numerous changes to employment-based immigration... [ Read More ]

Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace – The Supreme Court Weighs In on Employer’s Duties by Amanda B. Stubblefield published on National Law Review

On December 3^rd, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Young v. United Parcel Service, and decide whether the EEOC interpreted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act correctly in deciding that an employer is “obligated to treat a pregnant employee temporarily unable to perform the functions of her job the same as it treats other employees similarly unable to perform their jobs, whether by providing modified tasks, alternative assignments, leave, or fringe benefits.”… [ Read More ]

UK Employment Alert: Restrictive Covenants: An Important Reminder for Employers by Sharon Tan and Richard Cook published on National Law Review

The UK Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Rodgers v Sunrise Brokers LLP [2014] EWCA Civ 1373, a case in which the High Court ruled that an employee who resigned in breach of contract remained employed by the employer, and was not entitled to be paid if he refused to come back to work… [ Read More ]

USDOL Regulatory Agenda Indicates Delay In New White Collar Exemption Rules by Noel P. Tripp published on National Law Review

In its new regulatory agenda, the Department of Labor has indicated that its proposed rules remaking the traditional FLSA “white collar” exemptions in response to March’s Presidential directive will not be provided until February, 2015… [ Read More ]

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