by kyl admin | Mar 19, 2009 | Employment Alerts, Other News
On March 19, 2009, the Department of Labor issued important notices relating to the COBRA subsidy requirements enacted February 17, 2009. The following is a brief summary of the subsidy provisions and the notice requirements. Links to the new model notices and...
by kyl admin | Jan 29, 2009 | Employment Alerts, Other News
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. This Act overturns the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, which had ruled that the 180 days statute of limitations for filing an equal pay lawsuit under Title...
by kyl admin | Jan 24, 2009 | Other News
We are proud to report that Keesal, Young & Logan Shareholder Peter R. Boutin was selected as one of only 29 lawyers in the Nation to be named a BTI Client Service All-Star MVP for the second year in a row. BTI conducts interviews of in-house counsel at Fortune...
by kyl admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Employment Alerts, Other News
In October, we circulated an update on a favorable California Court of Appeal decision regarding employers’ duties to provide employees with meal breaks. In Brinkley v. Public Storage, Inc., 167 Cal. App. 4th 1278 (2008), the Court of Appeal held that (1)...