Labor and Employment
Nilan Johnson Lewis represents employers of all sizes, from small companies to Fortune 500 corporations. We appreciate the importance of understanding not merely the substantive law, but the business needs of our clients. We know there are times when what is the standard legal answer touches on sensitive business relationships or conflicts with business objectives. Our goal is to solve problems, not create them.
We offer the depth necessary to obtain the results our clients expect while providing the appropriate level of expertise to ensure that our clients receive efficient and cost-effective representation.
The members of our labor and employment group have a long history of successful representation of major employers in employment, labor, and employee benefits litigation and administrative agency cases. Our attorneys have won state and federal jury and court trials, numerous cases at summary judgment or on motions to dismiss, and appeals before various federal and state courts. These successful results include ground-breaking cases that broadened defenses against Department of Labor wage and hour class actions, created new defenses against age discrimination class action suits, invalidated Department of Labor Family and Medical Leave Act regulations, and limited employer exposure to whistleblower claims. We have won significant summary judgment orders against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States Department of Labor.
Courtney Blanchard
Attorney & Co-Chair, Labor & Employment
Caroline A. Brasch
Immigration Case Manager
Matthew Cefalu
Immigration Case Manager
Amanda M. Cialkowski
Attorney & Firm President
Mark J. Girouard
Attorney & Co-Chair, Labor & Employment
Sara Gross Methner
Attorney & Chief Attorney Talent Officer
Emilia Kaczynski
Immigration Case Manager
Samantha R. Klocke
Immigration Case Manager
Eugene P. Lavrenchuk
Immigration Case Manager
John T. Medeiros
Attorney & Head, Corporate Immigration
Ayako Nakandakari
Immigration Case Manager
Daniel J. Supalla
Attorney & Co-Chair, Business Litigation
Chris N. Uchello
Immigration Case Manager
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the Workplace
- EMPLOYERS TAKE NOTE: Temporary Final Rule Extending Certain Employment Authorization Cards by Up to 540 Days Will Sunset on October 26, 2023
- Important Changes to the I-9 Process
- 19 NJL Attorneys on 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Pay Equity, Diversity Efforts, and Litigation Risks
- Colorado Equal Pay Amendments Increase Burden of Pay Transparency Obligations
- Rhode Island Enacts Pay Equity Safe Harbor
- Florida Passes Strict Employer Compliance Law
- Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill For Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Minnesota Legislature Passes Jobs Bill Providing for Paid Sick and Safe Time
- Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill Limiting Future Non-Compete Agreements
- U.S. to Lift COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for International Air Travelers
- Employers Beware: COVID-19 Flexibilities To Form I-9 to End On July 31, 2023
- New York Clarifies Scope of Pay Scale Reports
- California Clarifies (Some, but Not All) Uncertainties Around New Payscale Transparency and Data Reporting Requirements
- The State of Pay Transparency Laws
- Equal Pay Requirements and Antitrust
- Amanda Cialkowski Admitted to Prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers
- Advice for Employers: NLRB McLaren Macomb Decision
- AI Technical Advisory Committee, Including Mark Girouard, Releases Employment Related AI Tool Best Practices
- Minnesota Passes CROWN Act Protecting Natural Hair in the Workplace
- Minnesota Again Considers Banning Non-Competes
- Courtney Ward-Reichard Takes Over as Editor-in-Chief for ABA Law Practice Magazine
- CDC Announces COVID-19 Test Requirement for Travelers From China, Hong Kong, and Macau
- Congress Passes Additional Protections for Pregnant and Post-Partum Employees
- Equal Pay in 2023: A Preview
- It’s the Best Time of the Year…For a Pay Equity Audit
- Requirements of California’s New Pay Transparency Law Ironically Opaque
- Let’s Be Real: Managing Immigration Sponsorship Requirements During Company Layoffs
- Eric Ryu Adds Bench Depth to NJL’s Corporate Immigration Group
- I-9 Remote Document Inspection Flexibility Policy Extended to July 31, 2023
- Form I-9 Alert: Continue to Use Current Form I-9
- Everything You Need for the 2024 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2024)
- Corporate Compliance and Retention of Immigration-Related Documents
- Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Nilan Johnson Lewis
- Recruiting Under the Equal Pay Act: Top 5 Mistakes Made During the Hiring Process
- New York’s City of Ithaca and Westchester County Join the Wave of Pay Transparency Laws
- Pay Transparency and PERMs: An Immigration/Pay Transparency Conundrum
- Best Lawyers Recognizes Multiple NJL Attorneys
- Fifteen NJLers on 2022 Rising Stars, Super Lawyers Lists
- Department of Education Releases Proposed Title IX Revisions
- NJL Adds Deborah Autrey to L&E Team
- Air Passengers Traveling to the United States are No Longer Required to Show Negative COVID Test Results
- Minnesota Employers: Understanding the New Frontline Worker Pay Law
- New York City Council Amends Wage Transparency Law
- Oregon Extends Vaccine Incentives, Hiring Bonuses
- Washington State Jumps on the Pay Transparency Bandwagon
- OFCCP Mandates Contractors Conduct, Share Pay Equity Analyses
- USCIS Confirms Acceptable Evidence of Employment Authorization for Certain E and L Nonimmigrant Spouses
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Attorneys Selected to Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
- Form I-9 Update: Beginning May 1, Employers Can No Longer Accept Expired List B Documents
- Top 5 Reasons to Do a Pay Equity Audit in 2022
- Keeping Up With Pay Transparency Laws
- Covered Employers in Illinois and California Must Soon Report Their Pay Equity Data to the State
- NJL Welcomes Two New Attorneys
- Minnesota Legislature Considering Ban on Non-Competes
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Receives Women-Owned Business Certification
- Supreme Court Upholds CMS COVID Vaccine Mandate
- Supreme Court Ruling Strikes Down OSHA ETS
- No Ruling, But SCOTUS Likely to Strike Down OSHA ETS
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Elects Two Attorneys to Shareholder
- Stay Issued for Federal Vaccine Mandates
- COVID Impacts Work-Made-For-Hire Doctrine Analysis
- Remote Employees and Colorado Pay Disclosure Requirements
- Roving Employees and How to Pay Them
- Pay Equity Analyses in the Land of Zoom
- Sara Lewenstein Joins Employment Team at NJL
- UPDATED: Biden Administration Announces Plans to Rescind COVID-Related Travel Restrictions For All International Travelers to the United States
- PERMission to Hire Foreign Workers: New Factors to Consider in PERM Recruitment Obligations in light of Facebook Settlement
- Everything You Need for the 2023 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2023)
- White House Announces Ease on Travel Restrictions For All International Travelers Coming into United States
- DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Six Countries
- Summary of President Biden’s Two Executive Orders on Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccines and Safety Protocols
- Connecticut Expands Pay Equity and Transparency Requirements
- Under the California Equal Pay Act, Incentive Programs Create Disparities
- Does Your State Prohibit Asking Salary History?
- Public Companies Facing Increasing Pressure to Disclose Pay and Diversity Data
- What Employers Should Know: Minnesota’s Expanded Protections for New and Expectant Parents
- CDC Updates Mask Guidance: Impact on the Workplace
- Sixteen NJL Lawyers on 2021 Super Lawyers Lists
- Presidential Executive Order Targets Non-Compete Agreements
- Validity of National Interest Exceptions Extended to 12 Months and Multiple Entries for Travelers from Certain Countries
- John Medeiros Honored as 2021 Notable LGBTQA Executive
- Immigration Team Welcomes Anu Jaswal to NJL
- NJL Adds Austin Spillane to Labor and Employment Practice
- Alia Abdi Joins NJL’s Labor and Employment Team
- Pay Equity and the Pandemic: A Primer for Higher Ed
- Illinois Adopts New Equal Pay Requirements
- Biden Administration Pushes New Federal Equal Pay Requirements
- US Adds India to the List of Travel Ban Countries
- Ellen Brinkman Recognized in Minnesota Lawyer’s Employment Law Edition of the Power 30
- Pay Equity Advocates Leverage Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits To Drive Pay Equity Efforts
- California’s New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19
- Business Travelers and Nonimmigrant Workers Face New Challenges
- Resurrecting EEO-1 Component 2: California Mandates Pay Data Reporting by March 31
- Unions Join Pay Equity Fight: New Fronts in the Pay Equity Challenge
- EEOC and DFEH Using EEO-1 Pay Data to Find Intersectional or Gender-Plus Claims
- FAQs for Employers: Minneapolis’ Right to Recall Ordinance
- I-9 Compliance in the time of COVID: DHS Announces Flexibility Extension
- NJL Nominates Talented Attorneys to The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
- Not Biden His Time: Biden Administration Announces Intentions to Make Immigration Reform a Top Administrative Priority
- New Travel Restrictions for Travelers Entering in the United States
- Employer Incentivization of COVID-19 Vaccination
- NJL Adds Two to Labor & Employment Team
- Backlog to the Future: Lingering Questions about the Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Wait Times Under H.R. 1044/S. 386
- DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status Benefits for El Salvador, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal Nationals
- Before In-Person Trials Halted, Three NJL Women Led (and Earned) Successful Defense Verdicts
- In First Impression Decision, Minnesota Federal Court Applies Advice-of-Counsel Defense to Tortious Interference Claim
- Federal Judge Strikes Down Two Rules that Impose Restrictions on U.S. Employers who Sponsor Foreign Workers
- NJL’s U.S. Bank Team Obtains Two Major Victories in Age Bias Cases in October
- Politics in the Workplace: When Political Speech Goes Against Employer Policies
- Chelsea Vilchis Joins Nilan Johnson Lewis
- October Surprise: Major Changes for Employers who Sponsor Foreign Workers
- Federal Contractors and Diversity Initiatives: Understanding the Executive Order on Implicit Bias Training and the Department of Labor’s Newest Enforcement Actions
- U.S. State Department Releases Information on the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2022)
- UPDATE: California Judge Stays the Implementation of USCIS Fee Increase
- How to Read The Visa Bulletin & What October’s Bulletin Means for Employment-Based Immigration
- Duty of Care for Non-Academic, Student Disciplinary Matters at Private Colleges & Universities Reversed by Eighth Circuit
- The Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act and What USCIS Furloughs Could Mean for U.S. Businesses
- USCIS Temporarily Adds Document to I-9 List of Acceptable Documents
- Key FFCRA Regulations Overturned by Federal Court
- Minneapolis Employers Required to Have Written Agreements with Freelancers, Pay Accordingly
- Minnesota Mask Mandates & Remote Working Updates for Employers
- California Limits Wage Statements to California Employees
- Trump Administration Continues Its Attacks on Legal Immigration
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules to Uphold DACA Protections
- The Impact of Bostock: LGBT Discrimination is Prohibited in Workplaces. Is Healthcare Next?
- How Employers Can Prevent Potential “Take-home” Liability for COVID-19
- MN Supreme Court Upholds “Severe or Pervasive” Standard in Sexual Harassment Claims
- Minnesota Employers: Understanding Recent Anti-Retaliation Executive Order
- Returning to Work: Health Checks & Compensable Time
- California Employers: Internet Reimbursement for Home-bound Employees
- Employers: How to Avoid ADA Litigation in the COVID-19 Era
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Adds Corporate Immigration Law Expertise to Its Labor and Employment Law Practice
- Employer Liability When Workers Contract COVID-19
- WARN Litigation: An Inevitable Nuisance for Employers
- Impact Analysis for Higher Education: Weighing Risks Posed by Demands for Tuition and Housing Refunds
- Returning to Work: Minnesota allows more businesses to resume in-person operations starting April 27
- Managing Off-the-Clock Time During the Pandemic
- Reopening the Workplace: Breaking Down the EEOC’s Updated Guidance
- Employers: Watch Out for ERISA Lawsuits During Pandemic
- California Employers: Breakdown of the Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL)
- Employers May Face No-Hire Claims
- EEOC Issues Updated ADA Guidance Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID-19 for Employers: Local Paid Sick Leave Laws
- CDC Issues New Guidance on Safety Measures for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Potential Exposure to COVID-19
- How Employers Can Take Advantage of Tax Credits under the New FFCRA Legislation
- Employers: How to Handle the New Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Law That Extends Greater Protection to Front-Line Employees
- Amidst Increased Video Interviews, Employers Must Keep Law in Mind
- DOL Issues Temporary Rule Interpreting Paid Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Tips on Remote Video Depositions
- Employers & Businesses: COVID-19 Disaster Assistance Payments Are Exempt from Tax
- COVID-19 Compliance with State and Federal Changes: Practical Guidance for Employers
- Convenient Summary of Minnesota “Stay at Home” Executive Order 20-20
- COVID-19 Employment Law Q&A for Hospitality Minnesota: State and Federal Requirements Impacting Employers
- New York Employers: New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law Explained
- COVID-19 FAQs for Employers: Requirements for Federal Paid Sick Leave & FMLA
- COVID-19 FAQs for Employers: Update on CA’s WARN Act
- COVID-19 FAQs for Employers: Update on Temporary Closures, Layoffs, and Leaves of Absence
- [UPDATED MARCH 18] Employers Ask: Can We Check All Employees for a Fever Before They Walk in the Door?
- Coronavirus FAQs for Employers
- Minnesota Restaurateurs: 5 Steps to Take Now to Avoid a Tip-Pooling Class-Action Lawsuit
- NYC Employers: Watch For Proposed NYC Legislation Limiting the Use of AI in Hiring
- Minnesota Restaurateurs: Fix Your Tip Pools Before You’re Hit with a Tip-Pooling Class Action Lawsuit
- Employers and Coronavirus: A Brief Guide
- Charting a Safe Course into Equal Pay “Safe Harbors”
- A Brief History of the Start-Stop-Start-Stop of the Revised EEO-1 Report
- Minnesota to Ban All Non-Competes and Non-Solicits?
- NJL Names Pablo Orozco as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
- California Employers: CA Supreme Court Takes Aim at Wage Laws, Contradicts Federal Law
- Adding More Deep Expertise, Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Largest Group of Laterals in History, Promotes Experienced Associates to Shareholders
- ABA Opines on Lawyer Non-competes, But Does It Apply to In-House Counsel?
- Minneapolis Wage Theft Update: Sample Wage Notice & Updated Poster
- Allyson Petersen, Pharaoh Lewis Featured in MSBA’s Profiles in Practice
- Free Speech or Belligerence? NLRB Reassessing the Threshold for When Otherwise Protected Activity Crosses the Line
- City of Minneapolis Releases FAQs and Rules for Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance
- MN Restaurateurs: Proposed DOL Tip Credit Rule Won’t Impact Unique MN Tip-Pooling Laws
- EEOC Finds Age-Restricted Advertisements Violate ADEA
- Has the Dust Settled? Interpreting Minnesota’s New Wage Theft Law in the Face of Constantly-Changing DOLI Guidance
- DOL Announces Pay Thresholds for Overtime Exemption
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Andrew Peterson as Associate
- Minneapolis Employers: Here Are Your New Obligations Under the City’s Wage Theft Ordinance
- Minneapolis Passes Wage Theft Ordinance
- Minnesota DOLI Once Again Updates Wage Theft Q&A
- Minnesota DOLI Updates FAQs and Wage Theft Notice Example
- What Employers Should Note about OSHA’s Phase 4
- Minnesota DOLI Releases FAQ and Wage Notice Example for New Wage Theft Law
- Minnesota Enacts Sweeping Revisions to Wage-and-Hour Laws to Combat Wage Theft
- AI & “Algorithmic Bias” in Hiring
- Food Fight: Restaurants in the Thick of Today’s Toughest Labor and Employment Challenges
- NLRB Decision Adds to Patchwork of Employee Classification Standards
- Illinois Expected to Pass Law Limiting Employers’ Use of AI in Hiring
- Employers Based Outside Minneapolis Liable for Paid Sick Leave Going Back to 2017
- Home Health Care Misclassification Lawsuits Rising
- Medical Marijuana Laws Creating New Protected Class of Employees
- Tech Support Independent Contractor Class Claims Climbing
- Mark Girouard Authors Article on Big Data in Recruiting and Hiring
- The Bottom Line for Tip Credit Legislation
- In-House Lawyers Can Be Subjected to Restrictive Covenant Agreements, A Recent Decision Suggests
- Plenty of Room at the HR California: Will Wage-and-Hour Laws in the Golden State Apply to Visitors?
- NJL Attorneys Speak at 2019 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute
- Ninth Circuit Applies Dynamex Retroactively
- The Class Action Waiver Loophole in Arbitration Agreements That Employers May Miss
- Employers Learn of September 30 Deadline to Submit Full Pay Data
- Non-Resident Employers Must Comply with Minneapolis Paid Sick-and-Safe Leave, Appellate Court Rules
- Ask a Lawyer: As an Employer, What Are My Parental Leave Obligations?
- NLRB Redefines Protected Concerted Activity in Workplace
- Candid Job Applicant Feedback: A Cool Favor That Can Put You in Hot Water
- Workplace Biometrics Put to the Test
- Is AI Innovation and Background Check Regulation Putting Employers on a Collision Course?
- Minnesota Restaurateurs: Get Compliant with Tip Statutes Before the Final Four
- A Business Tip Before Tipoff: Minnesota Restaurants Face Compliance Issues for Tips During Final Four
- Department of Labor Proposes Latest Overtime Exemption Rules
- Court Sheds More Light on Information That Can’t Be in Background Check Disclosures
- Appellate Court Rules that Age Bias Disparate Impact Theory Pertains to Employees, Not Applicants
- “Freedom to Compete Act” Aims to Wipe Out Most Non-Compete Agreements
- Employers Should Immediately Review Recruitment Ad Practices Due to Facebook Class Litigation
- Michigan Passes Paid Sick Leave Requirements
- NLRB General Counsel Proposes Significant Change to Arbitration Agreements and More
- St. Paul Passes Minimum Wage Ordinance
- Don Lewis to Receive “Profiles in Courage” Award from MABL
- California Aims to Stop Workplace Sexual Harassment Through Arbitration and Settlement Agreement Laws
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Nicole Dailo
- FCRA Standalone Disclosure Claims: Not Still Standing in the 8th Circuit
- New Illinois Law Requires Employers to Reimburse Employee Expenses
- California Employers Will Continue to Face Increased Regulations for Background Checks
- San Antonio Becomes Second City in Texas to Require Paid Sick Leave
- Departments of Justice and Labor Working To Cutdown Foreign Hires
- Medical Cannabis Expands in Minnesota on August 1: What Employers and Institutions Need to Know
- Veena Iyer Named Diversity and Inclusion Honoree by Minnesota Lawyer
- California Employers On the Hook for Tracking Employee Time
- Massachusetts Reforms Employment Laws to Include Generous Paid Family Leave Program
- Twenty Nilan Johnson Lewis Attorneys Named to 2018 Minnesota Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists
- In California, Ignorance of Complex Wage Laws is No Excuse
- Duluth Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Leave Beginning in 2020
- Taking a Second Look: Best Practices for Auditing Past Sexual Harassment Claims
- Supreme Court Gifts Employers with Big Arbitration Win
- Banning the Box… with a Blanket
- Employers Are Walking the Tightrope Between Maintaining a Civil Work Environment and NLRA Compliance
- Do You Pay Employees For the Time It Takes to Lock the Door at the End of the Night?
- Minneapolis Paid Sick Leave Faces Legal Fight on Extraterritorial Application
- Where Society’s Reckoning with Gender Pay Gaps Leaves Today’s Employers
- Airlines Cry Foul Over Patchwork Paid Sick Leave Laws
- Did the California Supreme Court Instantly Poison the Gig Economy?
- Court Rules Unintentional Age Discrimination Can Occur During Application Process
- DOJ Signals There Are Lawful “No-Poaching” Agreements
- Ninth Circuit Rules that Salary History Cannot Justify Pay Disparities
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Case Assistant Mike Manerowski
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Creates Holistic Anti-Harassment Program for Employers
- DOL Creates Voluntary Program for Employers to Proactively Resolve Wage Issues
- Shining a Light on Blowing the Whistle
- What Employers Need to Know About the Austin, TX Paid Sick & Safe Leave Ordinance
- Maryland Embraces Paid Sick Leave, Employers Have Less Than a Month to Comply
- What Employers Should Know About Predictive Scheduling
- Does Your Internship Program Pass the Test?
- Top Ten Laws Affecting California Employers in 2018
- Are Your Social Media Recruitment Practices Discriminatory? Employers Facing Age Discrimination Class Actions
- One Resolution Employers Don’t Want for the New Year
- Minnesota Restaurateurs: Get Compliant with Tip Statutes Before Super Bowl LII
- Minneapolis Chamber Sues the City over Minimum Wage Law
- Big Data in Hiring: Science or Snake Oil? [VIDEO]
- California Whistleblowers Gain Easier Route to Reinstatement
- Despite Attorney General’s Memo, Employers Should Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Sukanya Momsen
- Minnesota Court of Appeals Issues Opinion on Minneapolis’ Contested Sick Leave Ordinance
- Employers Shouldn’t Jump to Any DACA Conclusions
- Employers Feeling Late Summer Heat on I-9 Compliance
- The Questionable Non-Compete: How to Hire Someone but Avoid a Tortious Interference Claim
- MN Supreme Court Redefines “Good Faith” Under MN Whistleblowers Act
- DOJ to Scrutinize Affirmative Action Programs in Higher Education
- Washington’s Whiplash: Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Title VII
- A Playbook for Employers to Avoid California’s Labor Code Section 925 Provisions
- Oregon Bill Mandating Predictable Schedules Expected to be Signed into Law
- Minnesota Tip-Pooling Laws (Chambers of Commerce Blog)
- How Employers Can Avoid California Labor Code Section 925
- First District Court in 8th Circuit Holds Religious Accommodation Requests Alone Not Basis for Retaliation Claim Under Title VII
- First Trial on Website Accessibility Under Title III Points to Likely Outcome for Future Lawsuits
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Joel O’Malley to Its National Labor & Employment Team
- City of Minneapolis Set to Adopt Minimum Wage Ordinance
- City of Minneapolis Releases Draft Minimum Wage Ordinance
- Minneapolis Making Plans to Raise Minimum Wage for Anyone Working in the City
- New Minnesota Law Aims to Curtail Opportunistic Disability Lawsuits by Mandating 60-day Notice Period
- Is the Tide Shifting on Whether Title III of the ADA Covers Websites?
- Jen Cornell Promoted to Shareholder at Nilan Johnson Lewis
- “How Much Did You Make in Your Last Job?”
- Paid Sick Leave Provisions in Washington State Leave Unknowns
- Federal Circuit Rules Sexual Orientation Covered Under Title VII
- Is a Broken Arm a “Disability”? Recent Cases Reinforce that Bright-Line Rules Are Dangerous When it Comes to the ADA
- The Toll of Executive Orders on Federal Contractors
- Proposed Legislation May Limit Size of Class Actions
- Twin Updates for Minneapolis’ and St. Paul’s Sick and Safe Time Ordinances
- The Changing “State” of Non-Compete Laws
- City of Minneapolis Releases Draft FAQs for its Sick and Safe Time Ordinance
- Beating the Curve on Predictive Scheduling Laws
- “Comparable” is Key in Equal Pay
- What Should Employers Do When Their Employees Participate in a General Strike?
- Webinar: Website Accessibility Compliance
- Employers: Tread Carefully When Politics are Discussed in the Workplace
- What SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch Means for Employment Class/Collective Waivers
- New EEOC Chair Signals Change in Precedent and Priorities
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Jason Hungerford
- Circuit Court Deems Liability Releases for Background Check Disclosures Unlawful
- UPDATE: Court Holds Minneapolis Paid Sick Leave Shouldn’t Apply to Outside-the-City Businesses
- SCOTUS to Sort Out Class-Action Waiver Conundrum
- DOL Overtime Rule Blocked by Federal Court
- Webinar: Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for Hiring
- NJL Attorneys Rusert and Cornell Win Jury Trial
- St. Paul City Council Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance
- Dispute Over Arbitration Agreement Deepens Wedge Between Circuit Courts. Supreme Court Next?
- To Truly Ensure Equal Pay, Employers Must Start from a Blank Page
- St. Paul City Council to Review Proposed Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance
- Eighteen Nilan Johnson Lewis Attorneys Named to 2016 Minnesota Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists
- Circuit Split May Invite U.S. Supreme Court Review of Age Discrimination in Hiring
- Religious Discrimination on the Rise
- Minnesota Enacts New Bill – A Litmus Test for Federal ADA Revisions?
- Building an “All-Terrain” Drug and Alcohol Testing Employment Process
- Ruling Arbitration and Class-Waiver Agreement Unenforceable, 7th Circuit Creates A Circuit Split
- Minneapolis City Council Adopts Paid Sick & Safe Leave Ordinance
- Navigating the ADA in the Digital World
- Creative Solutions for Employers to Navigate Overtime Pay Changes
- Intangible Harm and Standing: Can Congress confer standing by authorizing statutory damages?
- Newly Enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act Gives Non-Compete Claims a Federal Forum
- UPDATE: New Minneapolis Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Proposed
- Courtney Blanchard Joins Nilan Johnson Lewis’ Labor and Employment Practice
- 2016 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Once Again Recognized Among Top Law Firms for Female Attorneys by Law360
- Employers Taking Proactive Approach with Paid Leave Policy Changes
- Public Affairs Series: Contribution & Collaboration: A Conversation Centered On Immigration
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Named Leadership Award Winner by Minnesota Women Lawyers for Third Time
- NJL Attorneys Listed in 2016 Women Super Lawyers
- Labor Department Signficantly Reduces Allowable Levels of Silica Dust in Work Sites
- Supreme Court Takes Narrow Road in Decision on Tyson Foods Class Action Status
- New Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Proposed
- Webinar on March 15: Understanding and Complying with New Pay Equity Laws
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Attorney Pablo Orozco
- Are Transgender Employees Now Covered Under the ADA Due to Evolving Science?
- UBIT Issues for Associations, Tax Hot Topics, Contracts and Employment Law
- Leaders Impacting the Nonprofit Community: Four-Session Series
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Welcomes Attorney Matthias Niska
- EEOC’s Attack on Severance Agreements Rejected by U.S. Court of Appeals
- Overwhelming Response Forces US DOL to Change Release Date for Revisions to FLSA Overtime Rules
- David James on Anxiety and the ADA
- Major Changes in Store for Classifying Worker Overtime Status
- Illusory Promises May Derail Your Non-Competes
- Abercrombie Decision Raises the Bar for Accommodating Employees of Faith
- Seventeen Nilan Johnson Lewis Attorneys Recognized As 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Attorney Awarded Highest Law Honor
- Event: Religion at Work – From Accommodation to Inclusion
- The 30% Rule: Proposed EEOC Guidance on Corporate Wellness Programs Would Set Cap on Incentives
- Federal Contractors: Special Employment Rules for Me, But Not for Thee?
- Crowdsourced Arbitration Claims Could Shake Up Labor Law
- Will Social Media Make the Non-Compete as We Know It Obsolete?
- New Minimum Wage Laws Leading to Border Wars?
- When Crafting a Non-Compete Agreement, Beware of Illusory Promises
- Communicable Diseases: What’s an Employer to Do?
- Wall Street Journal Turns to Nilan Johnson Lewis for Expertise on Employment Benefits for Front Page Story
- 2015 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute
- Supreme Court Affirms Judicial Review of EEOC, Requires Agency to Discuss Specific Claims and Allow Employer to Rectify Practices
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Named A 2015 Go-To Law Firm® for Fortune 500 Companies
- Nilan Johnson Lewis Recognized by Law360 as a Top Law Firm for Female Attorneys
- To Aid Whistleblowers, SEC Takes Aim at Employers’ Confidentiality Agreements
- New Rules Set to Accelerate Union Elections
- The Land of Cheese, Beer … and Widespread Restrictive Covenants?
- Webinar: Tips for Handling Outbreak Concerns in the Workplace
- Event: 2015 Nonprofit Law Conference
- “But Your Honor, My Attorney Told Me It Would Be OK!” – Minnesota Supreme Court Says Reliance on (Poor) Advice from Outside Counsel Satisfies Justification Defense
- Labor Department: Same Sex Spouses Entitled to FMLA Leave
- Seeing Red: Navigating Measles Concerns in the Workplace
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- Can the EEOC Be Trusted to Police Its Own Compliance?
- Arbitration request too late, $10 million award flipped
- Drawing the Line on Waiting in Line
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