The Advisories/Bulletins listed below include all Advisories/Bulletins in the Employment practice area.

Employment

• A New Entry Requirement for Business Travelers, Electronic System for Travel Authorization
  June 24, 2008
   
• Foreign Subsidiary Employees Working On Federal Government Contracts May Be Subject to U.S. Payroll Taxes
  June 18, 2008
   
• Is Your Company’s Electronic Communications Policy Ready for the Blogosphere?
  May 27, 2008
   
• Complying With California's Unsettled Meal Period Laws
  May 6, 2008
   
• New OPT Benefits and Extensions
  April 8, 2008
   
• USCIS Publishes Rule Regarding Multiple H-1B Filings
  March 24, 2008
   
• Is “Me-Too” Evidence Permissible in Employment Discrimination Cases? It Depends.
  March 11, 2008
   
• For Employers Which Use Consumer Reports for Background Checks, Here Are Some New Requirements Under The Fair Credit Reporting Act
  February 26, 2008
   
• FMLA Amendments Require Employers to Update Office Postings and Policies
  February 19, 2008
   
• DOL Issues Proposed Revisions to FMLA Regulations
  February 12, 2008
   
• Court of Appeals of Wisconsin Published Opinion - RadioShack
  February 6, 2008
   
• MLA Team Victorious in RadioShack Class Action
  February 5, 2008
   
• EEOC Final Regulations Issued
  January 29, 2008
   
• H1-B Filing Season 2008
  January 18, 2008
   
• Employers Caught in the Middle of State Immigration Reform
  January 15, 2008
   
• President Bush Vetoes Defense Bill Containing FMLA Expansion
  January 8, 2008
   
• MLA Recognized for Settlement Victory for Clients in Pro Bono Condo Conversion Case
  January 8, 2008
   
• Immigration Issues in January
  December 18, 2007
   
• Congress Authorizes Expansion of FMLA Rights
  December 18, 2007
   
• Employers at the Wheel: Rethinking Automobile Reimbursements
  November 27, 2007
   
• IRS Issues Sample Notice That Plan Sponsors Can Use To Satisfy Notice Requirement for Automatic Enrollments and Default Investments in Certain Retirement Plans
  November 27, 2007
   
• USCIS Releases New Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
  November 13, 2007
   
• DOL Issues Final Regulations on Default Investments
  November 5, 2007
   
• Legislative Update
  October 31, 2007
   
• I Spy
  October 31, 2007
   
• Gentry v. Superior Court: Class Arbitration Waivers and Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Agreements at Risk in California
  October 23, 2007
   
• California Grants Unpaid Time Off to Spouses of Deployed Military Personnel While On Leave
  October 23, 2007
   
• The Internal Revenue Service Extends the Section 409A Compliance Deadline for One More Year
  October 23, 2007
   
• Have You Correctly Classified Your IT Personnel?
  October 16, 2007
   
• Debate Regarding Fee Disclosure that Should be Required by 401(k) Plans Intensifies
  October 8, 2007
   
• Registration for Fiscal Year 2009 (October 3, 2007 – December 2, 2007)
  October 2, 2007
   
• Are Your Independent Contractors Actually Your Employees?
  October 2, 2007
   
• Tattoos: Tasteful Art or Policy Violations
  September 25, 2007
   
• ABA Tax Section and Law Firms Seek Further 409A Relief
  September 25, 2007
   
• In a Rare Pro-Business, Pro-Employer Opinion, the California Supreme Court Makes the Easy Call, Holding That Profit-Based Bonuses Are Lawful
  September 18, 2007
   
• 409A Compliance Deadline Extended
  September 10, 2007
   
• New Enforcement Initiative on SSN No-Match Letters
  September 10, 2007
   
• New Enforcement Initiative on SSN No-Match Letters
  September 10, 2007
   
• Are You Inviting A Retaliation Claim?
  September 4, 2007
   
• California Court Curtails Ability to Enforce “No-Hire” Agreements
  August 28, 2007
   
• Will Your Company Be Vicariously Liable on a Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim?
  August 20, 2007
   
• Confidentiality Agreements, Time Limits and the Georgia Courts
  August 14, 2007
   
• Benefits: No Summer Slow Down
  August 14, 2007
   
• Complying With the IRCA When Having Temporary Visa Problems Made Easier For Employer and Employee
  August 3, 2007
   
• FMLA Update
  July 31, 2007
   
• “Me Too” Evidence in Employment Discrimination Cases
  July 24, 2007
   
• MLA’s San Diego Office Wins Political Asylum for Ethiopian Refugee
  July 24, 2007
   
• Employers Beware: A New Breed Of Anti-Discrimination Legislation Is On The Horizon, And It Prohibits More Than You May Think
  July 16, 2007
   
• IRS Targeting Backdated Stock Options For The Highest Level Of Specialized Enforcement
  July 16, 2007
   
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Authority of the EEOC
  June 26, 2007
   
• Is California Poised, Again, to Expand Employer Liabilities and Obligations, or Is There More Smoke Than Fire In Its Most Recent Effort?
  June 26, 2007
   
• MLA Team Secures Permanent Legal Status for Pro Bono Client
  June 26, 2007
   
• Immigration Law Developments in Georgia, Colorado and Oklahoma
  June 12, 2007
   
• Will the U.S. Supreme Court’s Pay Disparity Decision Be Overturned by Congress?
  June 10, 2007
   
• Does The New EEOC Guidance Change Anything?
  June 5, 2007
   
• Supreme Court Holds that Lingering Effects of Long-Past Salary Decisions Cannot be Challenged under Title VII
  May 29, 2007
   
• OSHA Works to Update Standards for Personal Protective Equipment
  May 29, 2007
   
• DOL Finalizes New Restrictions on Labor Certifications
  May 29, 2007
   
• USCIS Finalizes Fee Increases
  May 29, 2007
   
• Is Your Employer/Employee Dispute Resolution Program “Unconscionable?”
  May 21, 2007
   
• Instant Messaging in the Workplace: Are You Ready?
  May 15, 2007
   
• DOL Proposes New Restrictions on Labor Certifications
  May 9, 2007
   
• Complying With the IRCA When Having Temporary Visa Problems Made Easier For Employer and Employee
  May 7, 2007
   
• Court Puts Kibosh on Common Confidentiality Clause
  May 7, 2007
   
• Federal Court Dismisses Whistleblower Case for Lack of Jurisdiction After Jury Awards Relator More Than $7.5 Million
  May 1, 2007
   
• DOL Issues Proposed Regulations Revising Child Labor Rules
  May 1, 2007
   
• Revised EEO-1 Form Now In Use
  April 24, 2007
   
• USCIS Updates Count of FY 2008 U.S.-Earned Masters Degree H-1B Cap Filings
  April 23, 2007
   
• New Benefit Statement Requirements are In Effect Now
  April 19, 2007
   
• Cooperating With Law Enforcement: How Far Can An Employer Go Without Violating Its Employee’s Fourth Amendment Rights?
  April 17, 2007
   
• Final 409A Regulations Issued
  April 17, 2007
   
• Undocumented Workers May Sue California Employers for Failure to Pay Prevailing Wages
  April 10, 2007
   
• USCIS Releases Preliminary Number of FY 2008 H-1B Cap Filings
  April 10, 2007
   
• Distribution Notices Need to be Updated Now for PPA Changes
  April 3, 2007
   
• USCIS Reaches FY 2008 H-1B Cap
  April 3, 2007
   
• Are Employers at Risk When Employees Use Office Computers to Send Cyber-Threats or Post Offensive Materials On-Line?
  March 26, 2007
   
• Company’s “Confidentiality” Policy Held To Violate National Labor Relations Act
  March 20, 2007
   
• H-1Bs Gone in a Flash
  March 19, 2007
   
• "When Do You Plan To Retire?"
  March 6, 2007
   
• Don’t Let a Severance Agreement Accidentally Wipe Away a Covenants Agreement
  February 27, 2007
   
• Employee Invention Assignment Agreements
  February 21, 2007
   
• Hardships and Beneficiaries
  February 20, 2007
   
• U.S. Senate Considers Legislation to Address Genetic Discrimination in Hiring Practices and Health Insurance Coverage
  February 13, 2007
   
• The Importance of Prompt Remedial Action
  January 30, 2007
   
• H-1B Filing Season
  January 23, 2007
   
• Is Your Company Subjecting Itself to Costly, Unlawful Retaliation Claims?
  January 19, 2007
   
• New Regulations Require Employers to Provide Sexual Harassment Training to All California-Based Supervisors
  January 2, 2007
   
• New Passport Requirement for U.S. Entry
  December 11, 2006
   
• A $65,000,000 Mistake
  December 4, 2006
   
• New IRS Releases - December 1, 2006
  December 1, 2006
   
• Employer Held Liable to Illegal Alien for Lost Earnings
  November 28, 2006
   
• Holiday Travel Advisory for Foreign Nationals
   
• EEOC Continues to Battle Charge-Filing Prohibitions
   
• Proposed “Safe-Harbor” Procedures May Require Termination
   
• "Front" Wages Awarded for Lack of “Bona Fide Termination
   
• Federal Appeals Court Rejects Disability Discrimination Claim Based on Morbid Obesity
   
• Non-Compete Agreements Usually Unenforceable in California
   
• Green Card Lottery Begins 10/04/2006
   
• Making Releases Stick
   
• Information Advisory
  Bounty Hunters Aim for California Labor Code
  November 13, 2003
   
• Labor & Employment Bulletin
  September 2002
   
• Labor & Employment Bulletin
  July 2002
   
• Your New Responsibility to Designate FMLA Leave
  April 2002
   
• No Ellerth/Faragher Defense to Harassment Claim Based on Negligence
  April 2002
   
• Labor & Employment Bulletin
  March 2002
   
• Labor & Employment Bulletin
  January 2000
   
• A Recent Court Of Appeals Ban on E.E.O.C. Early Right-To-Sue Letters Has Substantial Implications for Employers
  September 1999
   
• Labor & Employment Bulletin
  July 1999