1/27/2020 7:28:26 PM New Jersey enacts major changes on the independent contractor front By John McDonald Saranne Weimer The start of 2020 has already proven to be a busy year for employers in New Jersey. In addition to becoming the first state in the nation...
1/24/2020 4:25:25 PM New York State and City expand Human Rights Law protections to freelancers and independent contractors By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Independent contractors have long been excluded from the protections afforded by traditional workplace anti-discrimination laws. That is...
1/22/2020 7:46:34 PM New Jersey law requires severance pay in mass layoffs By John McDonald Saranne Weimer Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation yesterday, January 21, 2020, amending New Jersey’s mini-WARN law, the Millville Dallas Airmotive...
1/22/2020 1:24:13 PM EEOC rescinds longstanding policy statement on mandatory binding arbitration By Betty Graumlich Noah Oberlander Last month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) surprisingly announced that it was formally rescinding its...
1/21/2020 7:48:02 PM Illinois takes first step to combat bias in hiring decisions with Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act By Gerard Stegmaier Stephanie Wilson Alexis G. Cocco Jim Barbuto +1 more... Show less As the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions grows, regulations on the practice will increase as well. Illinois has...
1/21/2020 4:48:21 PM The Board reinstates traditional deferral standard By Michele Gehrke Brenda Rosales-Carrillo On December 23, 2019, in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB 1 (2019), the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) gave employers...
1/14/2020 7:53:14 PM DOL makes historic, pro-business changes to FLSA joint employer test By Raenn Burgo Jay Glunt On January 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule updating and revising its interpretation of joint employer...
1/8/2020 5:17:57 PM New year, new changes to New York state’s minimum wage and tip credit rules By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Leora Grushka New York state rang in 2020 with a sweeping change to its minimum wage and tip credit rules that is expected to impact roughly 70,000...
1/2/2020 10:09:10 PM Illinois requires single-occupancy restrooms to be gender neutral By Hannah Sorcic As a reminder to Illinois employers, on January 1, 2020 “The Equitable Restrooms Act” took effect, requiring all single-occupancy (or...