12/27/2022 7:32:28 PM New York State enacts broad wage transparency law By Mark Goldstein As we detailed in a recent Thomson Reuters article, wage transparency laws have become the latest trend in US workplace-related...
12/20/2022 6:35:17 PM NLRB makes it easier for unions to organize micro-units By Emily Harbison Eduardo Vargas Among a flurry of recent pro-union decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a decision on December 14, 2022 restoring...
12/14/2022 2:57:26 PM Newly enacted “Speak Out Act” limits pre-dispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement clauses in employee agreements By Betty Graumlich Oluwaseyi Odunaiya On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed into law the much-heralded “Speak Out Act.” As the name suggests, the Act is designed to...
12/14/2022 11:25:56 AM Flexible working reforms: what do UK employers need to know? By Jo Powis Alison Heaton Potential reform of the statutory flexible working regime has been on the agenda for several years but finally, after a consultation...
12/13/2022 6:04:16 PM Year-end bonus and company practice in Germany By Jan Weißgerber Christian Schnurrer In advance of the holiday season, it is common practice in many companies for the employer to show gratitude and to reward employees for...
12/8/2022 9:39:42 PM New York City proposes bill to effectively eliminate “at will” employment By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Irizarry On December 8, 2022, three New York City Council Members proposed a workplace-related bill that would essentially do away with the...
12/5/2022 7:41:16 PM California employment law legislative update: Employers must ring in 2023 with a host of new obligations By Mara Curtis Michael Kleinmann Rachelle Hong Barton Tanner Hendershot +1 more... Show less The deadline for California’s Governor to sign, approve without signing, or veto bills on his desk was September 30, 2022. We have...
11/22/2022 4:57:30 PM Get the party started: Preventing HR issues at work events By Carl De Cicco Alison Heaton The 2022 winter work party season is upon us, providing the first real opportunity in a few years for end-of-year celebrations. Whether...
11/16/2022 12:31:06 PM Avoiding an own goal: Managing employment issues during the World Cup By Carl De Cicco Alison Heaton The football World Cup takes place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December 2022, and many workers across the UK will want to follow...
11/9/2022 4:25:52 PM NLRB aiming to take pro-labor action in the areas of technology-based monitoring and surveillance and blocking charges By James Holt Eduardo Vargas Last week, the National Labor Relations Board signaled two additional areas in which it intends to pursue its labor-favorable agenda over...
11/3/2022 1:15:50 AM Do we need to give employees paid time off to vote in the upcoming midterm elections? By Michael Lombardino Oluwaseyi Odunaiya With Election Day just around the corner, private employers should carefully review state voting leave laws to ensure they are in...
11/1/2022 4:47:52 PM Is a four-day working week the future for UK employers? By Jo Powis Joanna D'Cruz In mid-October 2022, Parliament has debated, for the first time, a proposal to implement a four-day working week in the UK. The bill,...
10/31/2022 9:00:53 PM Reminder to New York City employers: The city’s wage transparency law goes into effect November 1, 2022 By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Alexandra Irizarry As we previously reported, effective tomorrow (November 1, 2022), New York City law will require that virtually all internal and external...
10/5/2022 10:00:29 PM NLRB reverses precedent on dues checkoff obligations By Emily Harbison Eduardo Vargas Continuing a string of pro-union decisions, the National Labor Relations Board recently overruled a 2019 Board decision and held that...
9/29/2022 1:21:49 PM UK Employment Law: key messages from the UK Government’s Growth Plan By Jo Powis Alison Heaton On 23 September 2022, the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, unveiled the Growth Plan 2022 detailing the UK government’s set of economic...
9/28/2022 6:38:36 PM New York City to lift workplace vaccine mandate By Mark Goldstein In early December 2021, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all private sector employers in New York City would need to adopt a...