WAL-MART ESCAPES MASSIVE CLASS ACTION SEX DISCRIMINATION CASE

On June 20, 2011 the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart in one of the biggest class action lawsuits ever.  In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes[1], the Supreme Court was faced with a class of about one and a half million pla

Employee Discussions of new DOL Phone App

On May 19, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor launched its first application for smartphones. Available in English and Spanish, the application helps employees conveniently track regular work hours, break time and any overtime hours for one or

Immigration

Georgia now has a new Illegal Immigration Reform and /Enforcement Act of 2011 that will require private employers with 500 or more employees to begin using E-Verify to check the employment authorization of newly-hired employees by January 1,

On May 26, 2011 the United States Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007, which requires that every employer, after hiring an employee,  verify the employment eligibility of the employee through e-verify, a federal work auth

Is Everyone Disabled Now???

The EEOC issued final regulations interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (“ADAAA”) on March 25, 2011, and those regulations took effect this week. The purpose of the amendments was to make it easier for a per