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Ninth Circuit Court Finds Class Action Waivers Unenforceable
October 24th, 2016
Contributor: Michael F. Brady
On September 6, 2016, in Morris v. Ernst & Young, LLP, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Seventh Circuit and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in finding that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when, as a co…
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Employee Misclassification Receives Increased Attention
September 4th, 2014
The issue of employee misclassification has been in the news a lot in the past few weeks and may hang around for a while longer given the importance of a recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That case involved a suit by more tha…
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Multiple State and Federal Agencies Join Forces to Battle Wage Theft
October 13th, 2011
The Labor Department is cracking down on employers who cheat their employees out of wages. In so doing, the Department is entering agreements whereby information will be shared between the Department, several states, and the Internal Revenue Service.…
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