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California Court of Appeal Enforces Contractor’s Agreement to Arbitrate Misclassification Claims Out of State

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On Monday, July 21, 2014, the California Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Galen v. Redfin Corp., A138642. This case is important for two reasons: the court upheld an arbitration agreement between a Seattle-based company and a California...

Class Arbitration–A Gateway Issue for the Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

In Opalinski v. Robert Half International, Inc., No. 12-4444 (3d Cir. July 30, 2014), former employees brought claims on behalf of themselves and others against Robert Half International (“RHI”) for unpaid overtime. The arbitration agreement between...

Millennial-proofing HR, IT and Compliance Training Programs

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Here it comes, another blog on millennials. Are you tired of hearing about them yet? I know I’m getting tired of them, and they’re only now just starting their infiltration of our workplaces. I remember when it felt cool to be a “gen X-er” and now I...

EPA Holds Listening Sessions On Carbon Proposal

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first "listening sessions" this week on its controversial proposed rule to reduce carbon dioxide at existing power plants. BRAG has previously reported on the proposed rule....

President Obama Signs Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Equality

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On Monday, July 21, 2014, President Obama approved and signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the...

IOM Releases New Report on Graduate Medical Education

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On July 29, 2014, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) released a report on Graduate Medical Education (GME), entitled Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs. The 2001 IOM report, Crossing the Quality...

Status Updates - August 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Long arm of the law. A federal judge in Manhattan has upheld a magistrate judge’s ruling that Microsoft must turn over customer emails that are held in a Microsoft data center in Ireland. The key issue is whether communications kept in overseas data...

Congress Moves to Assist Renewable Development on Government Land

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Congress recently considered three bills intended to facilitate renewable energy development on federal lands. On July 29, the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources considered H.R. 596, the Public Lands...

Employment Fissuring in Franchising: NLRB pursues McDonald's

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On July 29, the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that, absent settlement, he has directed the issuance of complaints in 43 unfair labor practice (ULP) cases, alleging that McDonald’s franchisees and their...

Immigration Update: State Department Announces Longer Delay in Visa Processing Times

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Last week, the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) visa processing database, which controls the issuance of visas and passports at the U.S. consulates abroad, experienced system performance issues (including outages) leading to worldwide delays in visa...

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