Employment Law News
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”). I have addressed here in previous posts the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA. For easier reference I have summarized those provisions here with links to the posts.
1. Amendments to the Commodity Exchange Act. Section 748 of [...]
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On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”). This post is the fifth in a five-part series on the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA. This post examines Section 1079A of the WSRCPA, which amends the False Claims Act.
The False Claims Act. The False Claims Act [...]
Category : Blog & Employment Law News
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”).
This post is the fourth in a five-part series on the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA. This post examines employment-related provisions Section 1057 of the WSRCPA, which is part of the new Consumer Financial Protection Act of [...]
Category : Blog & Employment Law News
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”). This post is the third in a five-part series on the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA.
Sarbanes-Oxley Amendments. This post examines those provisions of the WSRCPA which amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”).
SOX Failed To Protect Whistleblowers. [...]
Category : Blog & Employment Law News
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”).
This post is the second in a five-part series on the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA. This post examines Section 922 of the WSRCPA, which amends the Securities Exchange Act by providing a financial award for whistleblowers and [...]
Category : Blog & Employment Law News
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“WSRCPA”).
This post is the first in a five-part series on the employment law provisions of the WSRCPA. This post examines Section 748 of the WSRCPA, which amends the Commodity Exchange Act by providing a financial award for whistleblowers [...]
Category : Blog & Employment Law News
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its statistics on the number and types of charges of discrimination filed with it in 2009. Here they are in order, with the most popular charges listed first:
1. Retaliation
2. Race
3. Sex
4. Age
5. Disability
6. National Origin
7. Religion
8. Equal Pay Act
Significant trends for 2009 include retaliation claims overtaking race discrimination claims as the most [...]
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On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which included an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)–Section 4207–requiring reasonable break time for nursing mothers. Section 4207 requires an employer to provide:
“(A) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing [...]
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On January 29, 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (“LLFPA”) became law. There was much publicity about it. Businesses fought it. Civil rights groups fought for it. Here’s what it means and why it’s important. It all started with a questionable Supreme Court decision.
The Supreme Court decision. In 2007, the United States Supreme Court, in a [...]
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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”) took effect on November 21, 2009. GINA protects individuals from employment discrimination based on their genetic information. Here’s the view of GINA from 30,000 feet.
1. GINA applies to employers with 15 or more employees, employment agencies and labor organizations. Joint labor-management committees controlling apprenticeship or other training programs [...]
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