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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church v. EEOC: Supreme Court Confirms Ministerial Exception to Employment

By Jeremy J. Gray of Zuber & Taillieu

The Supreme Court recently confirmed the applicability of the ministerial exception found under the First Amendment in precluding the application of employment discrimination laws to ministers. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church and School v. EEOC, 132 S.Ct. 694 (2012), the Supreme Court used the ministerial exception to preclude a minister’s claim… More...

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House Sub-Committee Passes Bill to Prevent Conflicted Investment Advice to Workers

Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act  |  H.R. 1988  |  6/17/2009

The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Pensions and Labor of the House Education and Labor Committee has approved legislation by a 13 to 8 vote to protect workers from conflicts of interest when receiving retirement investment advice at work. More...

Healthy Families Bill Provides Seven Days of Sick Leave for Full-Time Employees

Healthy Families Act of 2009  |  H.R. 1260  |  5/18/2009

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has reintroduced in the House of Representatives the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1260), a bill that provides full-time employees with seven paid sick days a year to be used for their own medical needs or to tend to the medical needs of a child, spouse or parent. More...

ALERT Act Provides Protections to Workers in Case of Mass Lay-Offs

Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time (ALERT) Act  |  H.R. 2077  |  4/27/2009

U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) has announced new legislation to strengthen protections for laid-off workers. More...

House Labor Committee Approves Bill to Expose Hidden 401(k) Fees

401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act  |  H.R. 1984  |  6/25/2009

The House Committee on Education and Labor has approved by a vote of 29 to 17 the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act (H.R. 2989), which would help workers shop around for the best retirement investment options by providing information on how much in fees is taken from their retirement accounts. More...

New Employment Legislation Targets Union “Salting”

Truth in Employment Act of 2009  |  S. 1227, H.R. 2808  |  6/10/2009

U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, has introduced the Truth In Employment Act of 2009. More...

Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act Gets House Approval

Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009  |  H.R. 1089  |  5/19/2009

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009, H.R. 1089, a legislation that authorizes the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”) to enforce the re-employment rights of veterans or current members of the military working in the federal sector. More...

House Solons Approve Bill Granting Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act  |  H. R. 626  |  6/4/2009

Legislation that would provide federal employees with four weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 4, 2009 by a margin of 258-154. More...

Bipartisan Solons Reintroduce Healthy Workforce Act

Healthy Workforce Act  |  H.R. 1897, S. 803  |  4/2/2009

In an effort to make wellness and prevention a part of the national discussion on health care reform, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) today reintroduced legislation which aims to fight the growing prevalence of chronic disease and improve the quality of life for the 135 million full-time and part-time workers in the United States. More...

First-Ever” House Bill Would Mandate One Week of Paid Vacation

Paid Vacation Act of 2009  |  H.R. 2564  |  5/21/2009

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has introduced a bill that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers with at least 100 workers provide a minimum of one week of paid vacation each year. More...

New Compensation Bill Puts Cap on Executive Pay

Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act  |  S. 1007  |  5/7/2009

Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois has introduced a bill that would limit the normal tax deduction for compensation for executives to 100 times the compensation of the average worker at a publicly traded corporation. More...

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Companies Mentioned

Employment Law

The following companies are mentioned in Employment Law Updates:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Ontario Police Department

City of Ontario

Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc.

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

Autozone, Inc.

Southwestern Bell Video Services, Inc.

Temco Service Industries, Inc.

SBC Telecom, Inc.

14 Penn Plaza LLC

SBC Services, Inc.

City of Philadelphia

Pacific Telesis Group

Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

Northeastern Land Services, Ltd. d.b.a. NLS Group

Pacific Bell Information Services

LA Weight Loss, Inc. n.k.a. Pure Weight Loss, Inc.

Advanced Solutions, Inc.

Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc.

Cardone Industries, Inc.

The Work Connection

Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc.

Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc.

BVP, LLC d.b.a. Big Vanilla Pasadena

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

City of Chicago

United Airlines, Inc.

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

Equal Employment Opportunity

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company

National Labor Relations Board

Scolari's Warehouse Markets, Inc. d.b.a. Scolari's Food and Drug

Rent-A-Center West, Inc.

EGL, Inc.