Employment Law Yearbook

This annual publication provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. employment law, highlighting significant case law, legislative changes, government agency actions, and other developments of the prior year. Major topics include:

• Wage-and-hour laws and litigation
• The Office of Federal Con­tract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and related recent developments, compliance initiatives, case law, and settlements
• Discrimination based on gender and related characteristics, the Equal Pay Act, and sexual harassment
• Discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin
• Age discrimination, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), and related litigation
• Equal employment opportunity (EEO) class actions
• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Employee privacy law and privacy rights litigation
• Protection of trade secrets
• Whistleblowing and other retaliation claims
• Employee blogging, social media use by employees and by employers, related laws and regulations, social media in investigations and litigation
• Family, medical, and military leave, recent developments under the FMLA and USERRA
• Arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), employer-employee arbitration agreements, and disputes