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Publications
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04.25.2024District of Arizona Evaluates Restrictive CovenantsUpdatesThe U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona recently evaluated the reasonableness of two restrictive covenants—the nonsolicitation of customers and the nonsolicitation of employees—along with claims related to violation of the company’s confidential information policy.
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02.26.2024Labor Law Today—2023 Year in ReviewLawyer PublicationsPerkins Coie is pleased to present the fifth edition of Labor Law Today—Year in Review, which provides a summary of significant developments in traditional labor law over the past year.
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01.29.2024Update: Recent Arizona DevelopmentsPodcastsJoin Kristie, Paul, and Jill as they discuss several recent Arizona employment law developments and how they may affect employers.
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01.2024AI's Potential Role in Reasonable Accommodation RequestsArticlesAs any lawyer working around corporations has no doubt observed, artificial intelligence (AI), and especially generative AI, has the potential to be a game changer for companies seeking to streamline operations, improve efficiencies, and fast-track content creation.
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11.07.2023Arizona District Court Finds Denial of Temporary Telework Not an Adverse Employment ActionUpdatesRecently, in Matthews v. City of Tempe, 2023 WL 6880652, the Arizona Federal District Court considered whether an employer discriminated against a former employee when it denied him an opportunity to telecommute on certain days but allowed female employees to take advantage of remote work.
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11.06.2023Arizona Court of Appeals Reinstates Retaliatory Discharge Claim Under Fair Wages and Healthy Family ActUpdatesThe Arizona Court of Appeals recently held in Papias v. Parker Fasteners LLC that a discharged employee could proceed with his retaliation claim against his former employer. The employee alleged that he had been terminated when he attempted to use earned paid sick time under Arizona’s Fair Wage and Healthy Family Act.
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10.10.2023Arizona Court of Appeals Order Addresses Protected Activity Under State Employment Protection ActUpdatesIn a recent decision, the Arizona Court of Appeals considered the claim that an employee was discharged for disclosing allegedly unsafe conditions in violation of the Arizona Employment Protection Act. The court considered whether each disclosure by the employee qualified as protected activity and concluded that the reported violation of the Arizona Administrative Code could constitute protected activity, while the others, including a reported violation of state regulations of the National Electric Safety Code, were not protected activity.
Wage & Hour Developments
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Arizona District Court Denies Summary Judgment on Joint Employment Relationship Issue
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona held in Castillo v. Spencer’s Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc., 2024 WL 706939, that while the question of whether an entity is a joint employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a question of law, summary judgment was not appropriate because there were...
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The Arizona Court of Appeals recently held in Papias v. Parker Fasteners LLC that a discharged employee could proceed with his retaliation claim against his former employer. The employee alleged that he had been terminated when he attempted to use earned paid sick time under Arizona’s Fair Wage and Healthy Family Act. Read the full Update here.
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Arizona District Court Finds Denial of Temporary Telework Not an Adverse Employment Action
Recently, in Matthews v. City of Tempe, 2023 WL 6880652, the Arizona Federal District Court considered whether an employer discriminated against a former employee when it denied him an opportunity to telecommute on certain days but allowed female employees to take advantage of remote work. Read the full Update here.
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District of Arizona Addresses Judicial Approval of Individual Fair Labor Standards Act Settlements
In August 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona joined “the growing number of courts that have concluded” that judicial approval of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) settlements “is neither authorized or necessary.” In Evans v. Centurion Managed Care of Arizona LLC[1], the plaintiff asserted individual claims under the FLSA for unpaid...
