--- title: "October 2019" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/october-2019" date: "2026-06-17T19:52:12+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # October 2019 ## [EEO-1 PAY DATA DEADLINE LOOMS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=597:eeo-1-pay-data-deadline-looms&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) In case you haven’t heard, September 30, 2019 is the deadline for employers with more than 100 employees to file a new electronic form with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disclosing detailed pay data for 2017 and 2018. EEOC has set up an electronic portal for these submissions, which must include detailed compensation data for 10 j… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=597:eeo-1-pay-data-deadline-looms&catid=188) ## [USE OF "TESTERS" PLAGUES EMPLOYERS IN LAWSUITS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=596:use-of-testers-plagues-employers-in-lawsuits&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) This writer has experienced the "tester" issue in various ways readers will find quite interesting. First, a "tester" is generally considered someone who seeks access or employment in a way designed solely to generate a legal case. A number of years ago, and this writer represented a trucking employer at which an immigrant driver participated in… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=596:use-of-testers-plagues-employers-in-lawsuits&catid=188) ## [BOARD GIVES EMPLOYERS BROAD RIGHTS TO INSIST UPON MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING COLLECTIVE ACTIONS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=595:board-gives-employers-broad-rights-to-insist-upon-mandatory-arbitration-agreements-prohibiting-collective-actions&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) This newsletter in the past has published many articles about the Epic Systems Supreme Court ruling, which holds that employers may enter into individual arbitration agreements with employees requiring almost all disputes to go to individualized arbitration and waiving class and collective actions. In a ruling on August 14, 2019, the NLRB broadened an… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=595:board-gives-employers-broad-rights-to-insist-upon-mandatory-arbitration-agreements-prohibiting-collective-actions&catid=188) ## [MISCLASSIFYING WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS DOES NOT VIOLATE LABOR ACT](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:misclassifying-workers-as-independent-contractors-does-not-violate-labor-act&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on August 29, 2019 that employers do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) solely by misclassifying employees as independent contractors. 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