The United States is facing an unprecedented pandemic of the highly contagious Coronavirus. Restaurant and hospitality workers in our nation's capital are at particular risk because of the high number of individuals with whom they interact each day. Although there is...
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Penalty Flag: Illegal Questioning of Players Plagues NFL Combine
Each year, before the teams draft new talent for the following fall season, the NFL organizes its Scouting Combine, a multi-day evaluation and audition process for the most promising football players. Hundreds of hopeful athletes compete to improve their chances to be...
Trump Administration Blinks, Revises Tip-Pooling Legislation
In late March, the Trump administration backed off from a proposal that would have effectively given restaurants and other employers the legal right to pocket workers' tips. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the proposed rule change last December, saying it...
Trump Tweets to Ban Transgender Service Members from Serving “In Any Capacity in the U.S. Military”
Co-Written by Outten & Golden LLP Law Clerk Ryan Elias On July 26th, President Trump issued a policy shift via Twitter laying out a ban on transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity in the U.S. Military." His reasoning: transgender service members...
non competes Require Real Consideration to be Enforceable
A New York trial court recently addressed the issue of adequate consideration for a non compete, finding that now-lapsed stock options were not adequate consideration, nor was continued employment where the agreement stated that the employer maintained the right to...
Enforceability of non competes Is Not Always Obvious
"Can my employer really enforce this non compete?" -- this a question routinely posed to employment lawyers. The answer depends on many factors. First and foremost, it depends on which state's law will be applied to the non compete. The answer to that question might...
Terminated Twitter Employees Considering Severance Offer Should Read Fine Print
Last week, more than 300 Twitter employees received the distressing news that their employment was being terminated. In a memo to staff, Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey promised that "Twitter will go to great lengths to take care of each individual by providing generous...
Companies Must Disclose Ratio of CEO Pay to Median Employee Pay
The SEC voted on Wednesday to require public companies to disclose the ratio of their CEOs' compensation to the median compensation of its employees. The new rule, which was approved by a 3 to 2 vote, stems from a mandate included in the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform...
EEOC Rules Sexual Orientation-Based Discrimination is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII
Last Thursday, the EEOC issued a groundbreaking decision that held, in clear and unequivocal language, that claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation implicitly state a claim of sex discrimination under Title VII. See Complainant v. Foxx, EEOC DOC...
Confidentiality Agreements and the Aleynikov Case: A Cautionary Tale
Employees, particularly those with access to sensitive company information, are typically required by their employers to maintain the confidentiality of such information. This requirement may be found in the employee handbook or may be contained in a restrictive...
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