On June 19, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision in Dawe v. Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada. One of the issues in the case which will be of interest to Employers concerned the Plaintiff’s entitlement to notice, … […]
On May 30, 2019, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay US$5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by male employees who requested paternity leave under company policy and were granted less leave than their female counterparts. The case, which … […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers with at least 50 full-time employees to provide certain health plan coverage to their full-time employees, or face penalties. The ACA defines a full-time employee as one who is regularly scheduled to work … […]
Bill amendments to Mexico’s Federal Labor Law (the Law) were filed on 22 December 2018 at the Chamber of Representatives and approved on 29 April 2019. The amendments were published on 1 May 2019 and include the following important matters, … […]
On February 18, 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) published guidance on race-based hairstyle discrimination under the local New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), with a focus on hairstyles associated with African-Americans. The Commission, … […]
After several years of work, the Portuguese Council of Ministers has recently approved a new decree for the legal and tax framework specifically applicable to real estate investment trusts (REITs; in Portugal, sociedades de investimento e gesto imobiliria, or SIGI;). … […]
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a notice that, due to the recent partial lapse in appropriations, the deadline to submit EEO-1 data will be extended until May 31, 2019. The EEO-1 is an annual survey that … […]
On October 29, 2018, a San Francisco federal jury unanimously found that a Silicon Valley tech company did not commit unlawful retaliation by firing a transgender employee who accused the company of discrimination in a two-star Glassdoor review. Adrian Scott Duane, a transgender … […]
As previously covered by HRLegalist, an online resource on the latest developments and trends in labor and employment law, employers across New York State have until October 9, 2018, to implement sexual harassment policies that meet specific minimum requirements defined in … […]
After a failed attempt to change the joint-employer standard through legal decision arising out of a pending case before the NLRB, on September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the … […]
