11.07.24
Doubling down on her anti-noncompete stance, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to all field offices expanding on her position to include “stay-or-pay” provisions as well.
In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) news, the agency issued a report on the lack of diversity in the high-tech and filed—and settled—its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) cases.
Sexual harassment claims alleging continuing violations triggered the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), rendering an arbitration agreement in an employee handbook unenforceable, according to a California appellate court.
California lawmakers finished the legislative session by enacting several employment-related bills signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.
10.03.24
In its latest move addressing artificial intelligence (AI), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to regulate robocalls made using AI.
Reminders about the need for an eye exam do not always fall within the health care provider exemption of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulations, a federal court in Florida recently held.
Despite holding that cellphone users are not “categorically excluded” from the TCPA, a New York federal court granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after determining the complaint failed to allege that the defendant was directly or vicariously liable for the calls at issue.
A California federal court has denied class certification where questions existed about the use of the plaintiff’s phone number for business.
10.02.24
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed dismissal of a Title VII religious discrimination claim filed by a hospital employee who was terminated for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Social media posts made by a coworker off-hours and off-site may still support a Title VII claim against an employer, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court has ruled.
