Nicolle L. Jacoby

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Julia Canzoneri |J. Ian Downes |Nicolle L. Jacoby

Key Takeaways The United States Supreme Court held that employers seeking to prove an employee is exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act must only satisfy a preponderance of the evidence standard, and not a more onerous clear and convincing evidence standard.

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Julia Canzoneri |J. Ian Downes |Nicolle L. Jacoby

Key Takeaways On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Executive Order”), which, among other actions, revoked Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), and eliminated numerous requirements imposed on federal government contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”).1 Among other things, the Executive Order...

May 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Nicolle L. Jacoby |J. Ian Downes |Jeffrey Rubin |Linda Dwoskin

Through two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII. The EEOC has published a final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that expands the pregnancy-related medical conditions that employers must accommodate, including fertility treatments, lactation, and abortion.

May 6, 2024 | lexology.com | Nicolle L. Jacoby |J. Ian Downes |Jeffrey Rubin |Linda Dwoskin |Tanya Warnke |Julia Canzoneri

Key TakeawaysThrough two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII. The EEOC has published a final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that expands the pregnancy-related medical conditions that employers must accommodate, including fertility treatments, lactation, and abortion.

Apr 30, 2024 | mondaq.com | Nicolle L. Jacoby |Rani Habash |Diane Siegel Danoff |J. Ian Downes

After more than a year of considering tens of thousands of public comments, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has voted 3-to-2 to adopt a Final Rule (the "Rule") that would effectively ban almost all employee non-compete agreements in the United States. The Rule purports to preempt all state and local laws that are in conflict.