Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP (Missouri, USA) In recent years, sponsors of many defined benefit (“DB”) pension plans have closed their plans to new entrants. Following such a “soft freeze,” new h ...

Contact: Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP (Missouri, USA) Public employees enjoy more protections in the workplace than employees in the private sector. This is especially true when it comes to First Amendment right ...

Contact: Shannon Lawless; Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC (Washington, USA) Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer can require its employees to sign an arbitration agreement prohibiting the ...

Contact: Barry Prentice; Blaney McMurtry LLP (Ontario, Canada) What is “Personal Information”? Employers collect and store an enormous amount of data about their employees. This information is often required in ...