Oregon's new employee scheduling law – impacting hourly employees at large retail, food service, and hospitality employers – goes into effect after the end of this week, on July 1.

Oregon's new employee scheduling law – impacting hourly employees at large retail, food service, and hospitality employers – will go into effect on July 1, 2018.

Oregon's new employee scheduling law – impacting hourly employees at large retail, food service, and hospitality employers – will go into effect on July 1, 2018.

No company wants to confront a large punitive damages verdict in an employment case.

Connecticut amends its "ban the box" law with regard to employers and modifies technical requirements for consumer reporting agencies.

Notably, the court held that employers should be subject to a single standard for purposes of state unemployment compensation and the obligation to pay federal unemployment tax.

In Bruce Smith, et al. v. City of Boston, Judge Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the City of Boston Police Department's lieutenant-selection process had a racially disparate impact and was not sufficiently job-related to survive scrutiny under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.