7/30/2021 12:06:07 AM Sweeping amendments to New York City’s “Ban the Box” law are now in effect By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Talia Fiano Back in 2015, New York City joined the “Ban the Box” bandwagon and passed a law that delays when criminal background checks can be run on...
7/19/2021 8:02:02 PM What’s all this talk about federal regulation of non-compete agreements? By Mark Goldstein Edward Schwartz Michael Lombardino On July 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a sweeping Executive Order called Promoting Competition in the American Economy (Order)....
7/19/2021 7:34:31 PM California Supreme Court: Meal and rest break premiums must be paid at regular rate of pay; applies retroactively By Mark Phillips Ronnie Shou In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the California Supreme Court departed from the longstanding view that non-exempt employees’ meal...
7/19/2021 10:11:16 AM Preparing for a return to the workplace in the UK after 19 July 2021 By David Ashmore Alison Heaton With the lifting of COVID-19 legal restrictions in England on 19 July 2021, David Ashmore (Partner) and Alison Heaton (Knowledge...
7/15/2021 1:06:19 PM Texas employers now shielded from most COVID-19 liability By Paulo McKeeby Michael Lombardino Joseph Mammone Texas recently enacted the Pandemic Liability Protection Act (PLPA) joining a number of other states that have passed statutory liability...
7/9/2021 5:17:50 PM New Jersey continues its war on worker misclassification By John McDonald Saranne Weimer In early 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a series of bills aimed at identifying and penalizing entities for...
7/7/2021 2:49:45 PM BREAKING: New York Labor Department unveils guidance on HERO Act, starting the clock for all Empire State employers to adopt airborne infectious disease exposure plans By Mark Goldstein Earlier this year, New York lawmakers passed a novel, sweeping overhaul of the State’s workplace health and safety laws. Known as the...
7/6/2021 5:01:26 PM Attention Texas employers: Starting September 2021, companies with just one employee—as well as individual supervisors and coworkers can be liable for sexual harassment By Paulo McKeeby Michael Lombardino Amanda Brown The effects of the #MeToo movement for employers continue with Governor Abbott recently signing two new bills into law (effective...
7/2/2021 8:37:53 PM Many NJ COVID-related Executive Orders set to expire July 4 By John McDonald Saranne Weimer On June 4, 2021, the New Jersey legislature passed legislation (A5820/S3866) enabling the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in...