Late on Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order immediately suspending the ability of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to enter the United Sates for a period of 90 days. The implementation of this Executive Order without any advance notice created chaos this weekend as some travelers […]
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Even if last year’s Christmas tree survived longer than your New Year’s Resolutions, there is still time to make workplace resolutions that you can actually keep. Here are just a few valuable projects to consider tackling in 2017. Handbook Revisions – Even handbooks and forms that were updated in 2016 may not reflect critical new […]
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Completing and complying with a government supplied “Independent Contractor Certificate” presumptively establishes an independent contractor legal relationship for Arizona state law purposes. See A.R.S. § 23-1601(B). The effect of this Arizona form Independent Contractor Certificate on federal law questions involving independent contractor status is yet to be determined. For more information, click here.
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On November 8, 2016, Arizona voters approved Proposition 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”), raising the state’s current $8.05 per hour minimum wage progressively over the next several years. See Legal Alert. Effective January 1, 2017, Arizona’s minimum wage will be $10.00 per hour. One of the new requirements of the Act […]
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Yesterday, a federal judge from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing updates to the salary requirements for exempt employees. Earlier this year, 21 states banded together and filed suit against the DOL and argued that the DOL’s […]
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Over the past year, there has been increasing attention on transgendered persons both in the media and in the law. While many hope this wave of attention on transgender issues will increase legal protection for transgender persons, that protection is already in place in many states across the country. Many states and municipalities, including California, […]
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The Ninth Circuit, currently joined by two other federal courts of appeal, has adopted the longstanding position of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) that class action waivers commonly found in employment arbitration agreements violate the right to engage in protected concerted activity pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Two other federal courts […]
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