The DOJ is cracking down on anticompetitive activities
In connection with the Biden administration’s aims at promoting competition throughout the economy, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has started taking a more active role in investigating, as well as prosecuting, employers’ alleged anticompetitive activities that, among other things, unfairly limit worker mobility.
The first healthcare staffing …
On March 11, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals became the first Circuit Court to apply the “covered employee” provision of the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (the “Corrections Act”) to the Motor Carrier Act exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In McMaster v. Eastern Armored Services, Inc., No. 14-1010…
Last week, Governor Christie of New Jersey signed the “Pregnancy Bill,” which amends New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-12 (“NJLAD”), to provide that it shall be “an unlawful employment practice” or “an unlawful discrimination” to consider pregnancy in making an employment determination. Pregnancy is now one of many protected classes under NJLAD, which also…
On June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued two employer-friendly opinions that substantially narrow potential liability for claims of supervisor misconduct and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”).
In Vance v. Ball State University, 570 U.S. ____ (June 24, 2013), the Supreme Court, by a…
On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion concerning the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act” or the “Act”) in National Federation of Independent Business, et al. v. Sebelius, No. 11-393 (U.S. Jun. 28, 2012). The Court upheld the individual mandate requiring…
