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Supreme Court Decision “Clarifying” Religious Accommodation Obligation Is Anything but De Minimis
Last year, the Supreme Court closed out its term with a major case concerning employee religious rights in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The Supreme Court has done the same again this year. While the Court’s decision concerning college admiss...
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Not Perfect Harmony: Blasting Music with Derogatory Terms May Create a Hostile Workplace
Employers who allow music in the workplace should pay attention to lyrics and content. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that music with sexually derogatory and violent content played in the workplace can create a hostile environment i...
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Union Can Be Sued for Strike Designed to Cause Damage to Employer’s Property
In Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters, with an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently clarified that a union’s conduct during a strike that intentionally (or at least unreasonably and foreseeably) causes financial or property harm to the emp...
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What Happened to Executive Order 14042? An Update on President Biden’s Contractor Vaccine Mandate
On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14042, which required parties contracting with the federal government to comply with certain COVID-19 safeguards as prescribed by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. These safeguar...
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Susan Stahlfeld Discusses FTC’s New Rule on Noncompetes on ELA Podcast
In July 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order which encouraged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to curtail the unfair use of noncompete clauses and other clauses that may unfairly limit worker mobility. The FTC recently proposed a new rul...
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As Time Goes by…Pay Practices Which May Be a Surprising Risk for Employers—Part 2
In Part 2 of our blog series highlighting some of the risks for employers when pay and time practices don’t comport with wage and hour laws, the case details and key takeaways below should provide West Coast employers cautionary insights into timeca...
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