Mar 16, 2016 | Legal Updates
As stated in earlier articles, Arizona laws do not require employers to provide vacation benefits, either paid or unpaid, or sick leave benefits, either paid or unpaid. Arizona laws also do not required employers to provide employees with severance pay. You may be...
Feb 17, 2016 | Legal Updates
In Arizona, an employer is not required to pay an employee any wages for time spent complying with a jury summons or serving on a jury. However, an employer may not discharge or otherwise penalize an employee for complying with a jury summons or serving on a jury....
Jul 22, 2015 | Legal Updates
On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1 providing further guidance regarding classification of independent contractors. The DOL points out that “[w]hen employers improperly classify employees as...
Jun 29, 2015 | Legal Updates
In a five to four decision, the United States Supreme Court held that (1) the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require states to perform same-sex marriages and (2) the U.S. Constitution requires states to give full recognition to marriages...
Jun 5, 2015 | Legal Updates
On June 1, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title VII does not require an applicant to demonstrate that a potential employer actually knew of the need for a religious accommodation. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.,...
May 28, 2015 | Legal Updates
This month the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) launched a pilot program referred to as the Action Counsel for Transformation to a Digital Charge System (“Act Digital”) taking its first steps toward an all-digital charge system. Currently, 11 of the 53...
