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Pets Who Work – Service and Emotional Support Animals in the Workplace
June 2, 2017

So a monkey, a parrot and a pot-belly pig all get on a plane.  It’s not the start of a joke, it is the expanded policy for emotional support pets for domestic air carriers.  In 2003, the Department of Transportation (DOT) allowed even more types of pets to qualify as a reasonable disability accommodation on airplanes to provide emotional support for their owners.

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Duncan Liquor Letter – May 2017
May 3, 2017
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Duncan Liquor Letter – February 2017
February 27, 2017
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Duncan Liquor Letter – January 2017
January 23, 2017
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Update: Court of Appeals Affirms the U.S. District Court’s Ruling Continuing the Application of the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law to Unionized Employers
January 3, 2017

As we reported to you on July 10, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rejected the argument that federal labor law preempted Massachusetts’ new Earned Sick Time Law, dismissing a lawsuit seeking a contrary finding.

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Five New England States and New York Will Have Higher State Minimum Hourly Wage Rates Than the Federal Minimum
December 19, 2016
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Employers Beware: Some States from Maine Through New York Impose a Higher Minimum Salary Threshold for the White Collar Overtime Exemption
December 15, 2016

As we recently reported to you, a United States District Court in Texas blocked implementation of the new federal overtime rule.  That decision is now on appeal on an expedited basis to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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UPDATE: Court Agrees to Expedite U.S. Department of Labor’s Appeal of Injunction Blocking Overtime Rule
December 4, 2016
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Federal Court Blocks December 1 Implementation of New Overtime Rule
November 29, 2016
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Legalization of Marijuana Creates Uncertainty as to the Rights of Employers in Responding to Marijuana Use Outside the Workplace
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