Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

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 ...

Contact: Nyasha Gardner; Clarkslegal LLP (Reading, England) The Home Office has published a new, updated version of its 'Full guide for employers on preventing illegal working in the UK'. This version replaces the ...

Contact: Stephen Hughes & Lara Radik; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) Comcare v PVYW [2013] HCA 41 SummaryOn 30 October 2013 the High Court overturned the widely publicised decision of the Full Court of the Feder ...