Updates in Labor & Employment Law Fall 2014 Breakfast Seminar Wednesday, November 5, 2014—Seattle, WA Thursday, November 6, 2014—Bellevue, WA Presented by: Jeff Hollingsworth, Partner Ben Stafford, Counsel Perkins Coie LLP
Agenda • Affordable Care Act Updates • EEOC Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination • Seattle Minimum Wage Update • California Updates • Supreme Court Decisions • Decided • Upcoming • Ninth Circuit Decisions • Statistical Sampling in Class Actions • Employee Waivers of Class Action Rights • Summary Judgment on ADA Claims (W.D. Wash.) • Independent Contractor Issues Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Affordable Care Act Updates: Employer Shared Responsibility Play-or-Pay • 2015: Employers with 100 or more full-time employees must provide coverage to 70% • 2016 • Employers with 50-99 full-time employees must provide coverage to 95% • Employers with 100 or more full-time employees must provide coverage to 95% 3 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Affordable Care Act Updates: Employer Reporting Requirements 4 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Supreme Court: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby 5 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Affordable Care Act Updates: The Future of Premium Tax Credits 6 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
EEOC Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination • Pregnancy Discrimination Act • Americans with Disabilities Act 7 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Upcoming Supreme Court Decision: Young v. UPS 8 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Seattle Minimum Wage Update 9 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
California Updates • Longer statute of limitations for liquidated damages on minimum wage violations • Joint liability for wages owed to contractors • Mandatory paid sick leave 10 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Supreme Court: NLRB v. Noel Canning 11 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Supreme Court: NLRB v. Noel Canning • Albertson's, LLC & Yvonne Martinez & United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1564 , 359 NLRB No. 147 (July 2, 2013) • Solicitation of grievances • American Baptist Homes of the West , 359 NLRB No. 46 (Dec. 15, 2012) • Union information requests • Banner Health Sys. , 358 NLRB No. 93 (July 30, 2012) • Confidentiality of investigations 12 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Supreme Court: Harris v. Quinn 13 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Supreme Court: Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Corp. 14 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Upcoming Supreme Court Decision: Integrity Staffing Solutions Inc. v. Busk Is time spent in security screenings compensable? 15 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Ninth Circuit: Statistical Sampling in Class Actions 16 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Ninth Circuit: Employee Waivers of Class Action Rights 17 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Western District of Washington: Summary Judgment on ADA Claims 18 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Ninth Circuit: Employees or Independent Contractors? Consider: Who has the right to control the manner in which the work is performed? 19 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
California Court of Appeal: Employees or Independent Contractors? 20 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Washington Court of Appeals, Div. 1: Employer Liable for Independent Contractor The Washington Law Against Discrimination protects independent contractors from retaliation. 21 Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
Questions? • Affordable Care Act Updates • EEOC Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination • Seattle Minimum Wage Update • California Updates • Supreme Court Decisions • Decided • Upcoming • Ninth Circuit Decisions • Statistical Sampling in Class Actions • Employee Waivers of Class Action Rights • Summary Judgment on ADA Claims (W.D. Wash.) • Independent Contractor Issues Perkins Coie LLP | PerkinsCoie.com
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