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Throughout the past few years, the construction industry has been plagued with myriad issues, including supply chain constraints, labor shortages and material procurement problems, among others.

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September 6, 2017/Publication

Trump Administration Suspends EEO-1 Equal Pay Reporting Requirements

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced an immediate stay and review of an Obama-era policy requiring pay information to be included on form EEO-1. The revised form was set to take effect with the next filing cycle in March 2018.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has always required companies to report data on the race and gender of their employees, but this impending new rule expanded that requirement to provide wage and hour data for the employer’s entire workforce, divided into 12 separate pay bands designated by the EEOC. The policy was applicable to private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees. By collecting data to identify patterns of pay discrimination across industries and occupations, the Obama administration had hoped the policy would help close the wage gap and ensure equal pay among all groups of people.

Mark Brookstein

Partner

September 5, 2017/Publication

Judge Strikes Down New DOL Rule on Overtime and White Collar Exemption

Remember last November when a federal judge put a temporary hold on significant changes to federal labor laws affecting millions of workers and their employers?

Mark Brookstein

Partner

June 2017/Publication

The New City of Chicago/Cook County Paid Sick Leave Ordinances: Is Your Company Ready?

Two new local ordinances requiring employers in Cook County or Chicago to provide paid sick leave take effect on July 1, 2017.

David Michael

Managing Partner

Chair, Human Resources and Employment Practice

May 2017/Publication

Arbitration and “Appellate” Review: Competing Legal Principles

Eric Sparks examines freedom of contract and the rule of law in the jurisprudence of merits-based review of arbitration awards in construction matters.

Eric Sparks

Partner

Chair, Litigation Practice

April 3, 2017/Publication

Appeals Court Rules That Federal Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in Chicago) ruled on April 4, 2017, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which prohibitsworkplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin – includes discrimination based upon an employee’s sexual orientation.

Mark Brookstein

Partner

March 2017/Publication

Sales Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code

Matthew Olins authored authored an article entitled Sales Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Volume 31 of the AIRA Journal.

Matthew Olins

Partner

Chair, Business Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights Practice

February 22, 2017/Publication

Underground surprises: When You Find Human Remains or Culturally Significant Artifacts on Your Construction Site, Stop, Call and Preserve

When preparing for an archeological dig, New Hampshire state archeologist Richard Boisvert once succinctly stated: “If we knew what was there, we wouldn’thave to dig.”

Richard Reizen

Partner

Chair, Construction Practice

Construction

Daniel Crowley

Partner

Construction

November 2016/Publication

Challenging a Split

Vanessa Tiradentes, a member of Gould & Ratner’s Litigation Practice, contributed a chapter in the book, Litigating the Business Divorce. Her chapter focused on challenging a stock split in the business divorce context. Among other issues, the chapter discusses various manners and methodsby which a minority owner may challenge a split, as well as the various forms of relief that may be available.

Vanessa Tiradentes

Partner

Vice Chair, Litigation Practice

October 2016/Publication

New IRS Proposal Severely Limits Effective Estate Tax Planning Strategy

Family-owned companies and other closely held businesses and investment entities would be affected

April 29, 2016/Publication

Franchisor Is Not "Lovin' It"

McDonald’s and the National Labor Relations Board faced off in an administrative court to determine whether the fast-food chain is liable for theactions of its franchisees as a joint employer.

Mark Brookstein

Partner

Human Resources and Employment

Litigation