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The Exception that Proves the Rule? European Court of Human Rights Okays Employer’s Access to Personal Communications of Employee In (Highly) Limited Circumstances
January 21, 2016 | Blog
  My colleague, Sue Foster, is out with a quick, but important post on our sister blog, Privacy and Security Matters, about a European Court of Human Rights decision that approved employer access to personal employee communications under limited circumstances.
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                      Bloomberg BNA: Cadillac Tax Isn’t Being Sent to the Junkyard Yet
January 19, 2016 | Blog
  My colleague Patricia Moran, was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA article entitled Cadillac Tax Isn’t Being Sent to the Junkyard Yet in which she advises employers on strategic use of the two-year delay of the Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac tax. The article examines the implications of the delay and the likelihood that the tax is repealed.
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                      Corporate Divorce Series: Do Fraudulent Credentials Annul Employment Contracts?
January 15, 2016 | Blog | By Jennifer Rubin
  If you follow my corporate divorce series, you are familiar with my affinity for the employment-as-marriage metaphor.  I’ve already examined how employment relationships end or should end.
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                      Federal Court Says Employer’s All-or-Nothing Requirement that Employees Submit to Wellness Program or Lose Health Insurance is ADA-Safe
January 15, 2016 | Blog | By Alta Ray
  Last month, a district court in Wisconsin dealt a blow to the EEOC and the future of its proposed ADA wellness program regulations.
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                      How Much Do You Make? – New OFCCP Regulations Protect Employee And Job Applicant Discussions on Compensation
January 14, 2016 | Blog
  Happy New Year from your friends at the OFCCP.  This week brings the enforcement of requirements stated under Executive Order 13665, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating or otherwise conducting adverse personnel actions against employees or job applicants for compensation inquiries, discussions or disclosures.
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                      Chebotnikov v. LimoLink, Inc.: a Cautionary Tale Concerning the Use of Forum-Selection Clauses
January 14, 2016 | Blog | By Robert Sheridan
  At the end of last year, a federal court in Massachusetts found that a forum selection clause in an Iowa company’s standard form service-provider agreement did not apply to claims asserted under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Massachusetts Wage Act (Wage Act).
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                      The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers – Complete Volume Available
January 12, 2016 | Blog
  In this volume, we have collected the 24 weekly blog posts that comprise the series entitled, “The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers.” The series appeared in the Mintz Levin Employment Matters blog during the latter-half of 2015.
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                      The Health and Welfare “Wrap” Document: What It Is and Why You Want One
January 12, 2016 | Blog | By Patricia Moran
  When it comes to telling their employees about certain benefits, many employers have for decades (since 1974 to be exact) flouted a particular provision of the law with impunity.
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                      Mintz 2nd Annual Employment Law Summit – Managing Workplace Policies in a Rapidly Changing Regulatory Environment
January 12, 2016 | Blog | By Jennifer Rubin
  Being a headliner is great but nothing beats being tapped as the opening act. Join me and my panel of corporate counsel and human resources professionals as we warm up the audience at Mintz Second Annual Employment Law Summit.
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                      Law360: College Player Compensation Issue Rages on Despite Reforms
January 12, 2016 | Blog
  My colleague Tyrone Thomas, was quoted in the Law360 article entitled College Player Compensation Issue Rages on Despite Reforms in which he analyzes the impact of education-based reforms made by several NCAA conferences may have on existing legal matters that are challenging the amateurism model of college athletics.
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                      Cadillac Tax Effective Date Postponed (and Three Other 2015 Year End Health and Welfare Benefits Legislation Highlights)
January 7, 2016 | Blog | By Patricia Moran
  While Americans everywhere were busy eating turkey and drinking eggnog last November and December, our government was hard at work attending to budget matters.  Tucked among the appropriations were several fairly significant items of interest to employers, employees, providers, administrations, and all manner of benefits aficionados.
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                      The Fourth Circuit’s Countdown to 2016 Includes Two FLSA Classification Decisions
January 7, 2016 | Blog | By Alta Ray
  While we were in the midst of office holiday parties and end of the year celebrations, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals came down with two precedential decisions for employers to ponder in the New Year.
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                      Mintz 2nd Annual Employment Law Summit – ACA Reporting Requirements in Plain English
January 6, 2016 | Blog
  By now, many of you have heard about our firm’s Second Annual Employment Law Summit in New York on Thursday, January 28th.  The event features a keynote address by Carmelyn P. Malalis, Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and it also covers a variety of current employment-related topics.
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                      New York City Establishes Office of Labor Standards; Will Enforce Paid Sick Leave Law (NYC Finale Part 3)
January 6, 2016 | Blog
  New York City just finished off a strong year on the employment law front. The City Council passed laws that banned the box and all but eliminated credit checks.
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                      Inside Counsel: Delay in Implementing Cadillac Tax Raises Questions on Health Insurance
January 6, 2016 | Blog
  My colleague Alden Bianchi, was quoted in the Inside Counsel article entitled Delay in Implementing Cadillac Tax Raises Questions on Health Insurance, in which he examines the cause of the delay, its impact on large employers and carriers and the implications the tax holds for Congress if repealed.
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                      Reminder: Register Now for Mintz's Second Annual Employment Law Summit (January 28, 2016)
January 5, 2016 | Blog
  Happy New Year to all of our readers!!!  This is just a friendly reminder that our Second Annual Workplace Law Summit is quickly approaching.  It will take place on January 28, 2016 in midtown Manhattan.
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                      The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 24 of 24): 5 Predictions
January 4, 2016 | Blog
  This post concludes our half-year series of posts focusing on the Affordable Care Act’s reporting requirements. These requirements are challenging in the extreme.
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                      New York City Bans Caregiver Status Discrimination; Employers Must Think Carefully About its Impact (NYC Finale Part 2)
December 30, 2015 | Blog
  New York City is finishing off a strong year on the employment law front.  Earlier this year, the City Council passed laws that banned the box and all but eliminated credit checks
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                      New York City Commission on Human Rights Releases Enforcement Guidance on Gender Identity and Expression Discrimination (NYC Finale Part 1)
December 29, 2015 | Blog
  New York City is finishing off a strong year on the employment law front.  Earlier this year, the City Council passed laws that banned the box and all but eliminated credit checks.
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                      Corporate Counsel: What Employees Can Legally Say on Facebook – And Get Away With
December 29, 2015 | Blog
  My colleague, Don Schroeder, was quoted in the Corporate Counsel article, What Employees Can Legally Say on Facebook – And Get Away With, in which he comments about the NLRB’s continued expansion of the meaning of protected concerted activity on social media.
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