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On 8 July, the UK Government announced plans to end the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases involving harassment and discrimination. The Employment Rights Bill is currently being examined by the House of Lords, following which it will return to the House of Commons and will likely pass into law later this year.…

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In a unanimous 9-0 decision issued April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an employee bringing a Title VII claim based on a job transfer must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment, but that harm need not be significant.

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“Hot Labor Summer” – so dubbed due to strikes by the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Southern California Hotel Workers, health care workers from multiple unions, and United Auto Workers – is not over. On Oct. 7, 2023, Gov. Newsom signed AB 1 (known as the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act), which gives California legislative staff…

Twenty-two attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are listed in Benchmark Litigation’s Labor & Employment 2024 Guide. Notably, Global Labor & Employment Practice Co-Chair James N. Boudreau is recognized as a “Top 50 Labor & Employment Litigator.”

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Members of Greenberg Traurig’s Labor & Employment Practice Jonathan L. Sulds and Nicholas A. Corsano co-authored the “USA – New York” section of the Lexology “Getting the Deal Through” “Employment: North America” 2023 guide.

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Many small to mid-sized businesses are eligible under the existing employee retention credit (ERC) for a 70% tax credit for wages paid to employees through the end of 2021. However, the infrastructure bill – as passed by the Senate – would end the ERC for wages paid after Sept. 30, one quarter earlier than the…

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New to 2020, Illinois employers of all sizes must conduct sexual harassment prevention training by Dec. 31. This training requirement is part of the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act, which requires employers to provide workplace harassment training to all employees at least once a year.

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