In a surprising move for what has historically been an extremely employer-friendly state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed two new bills (Senate Bill 45 and House Bill 21) protecting workers making sexual harassment claims under…
Law360 (July 16, 2021, 4:15 p.m. EDT) - A seaman's union injured while on temporary day labor aboard a Maersk container ship in New Jersey in 2012 failed to persuade the Third District to resolve the appeal of a district court…
The global pandemic has dramatically altered work practices, and
many of these changes are expected to be long lasting. One such
practice is remote working. The increasing popularity and need for
remote working, particularly in the last…
Despite the progress our nation has made over the last four months, there remain two million fewer women in the workforce than there were before the pandemic struck – taking a toll on our economy and on millions of families…
June 2021 culminated in the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Oregon and significant changes to the state's labor laws during the 2021 legislature. On June 25, 2021, Governor Kate Brown enacted Executive Order 21-15, granting all…