10/8/2024 3:39:27 PM California employment law legislative update: What employers need to know for 2025 By Mara Curtis Rachelle Hong Barton Claudia Ren Now that Governor Gavin Newsom’s September 30th deadline to approve or veto legislative bills has passed, California employers can begin...
9/18/2024 6:58:24 PM Election season: Key reminders for employers By Mariah McGrogan Veronica Miclot With the 2024 election in full swing in the U.S., employers should anticipate political discussions and activity in the workplace. From...
9/3/2024 9:14:38 PM Federal judge requires state of Texas to file new lawsuit to challenge recent EEOC guidance on gender identity discrimination By Emily Harbison Cheryl Blount Heather Raun In July of this year, a Texas federal district court judge denied the state of Texas’ request to vacate the Equal Employment Opportunity...
7/15/2024 2:42:01 PM EEOC’s final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in flux By Cindy Minniti Alexandra Manfredi Corrie Buck As we previously reported, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act...
7/5/2024 3:43:43 PM Federal court challenges to DOL overtime rule yield mixed results while foretelling a merits ruling before end of year By Amanda Brown Joshua Sallmen On July 1, 2024, the first phase of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s updated overtime rule went into effect, raising the minimum...
2/28/2024 6:40:05 PM Government shutdown looming: How government agencies that enforce labor and employment laws could be impacted By Amanda Brown Governmental entities play a vital role in upholding federal labor and employment regulations and would face significant disruption in...
2/6/2024 9:39:01 PM Delaware Supreme Court confirms enforceability of restrictive covenant provisions in favor of employer-partnership, reversing Chancery Court determination By Mark Goldstein Herb Kozlov Cindy Minniti Alexandra Manfredi Cameron Capp +2 more... Show less On January 29, 2024, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an important decision addressing the enforceability of restrictive covenants. As...
1/11/2024 7:13:09 PM New York Governor Hochul announces proposed paid prenatal leave By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Last week, Governor Hochul announced a suite of proposed measures aimed at addressing rising maternal and infant mortality rates. As is...
11/17/2023 9:39:51 PM Dueling challenges to NLRB’s new joint employer rule succeed in extending effective date of rule By Emily Harbison Heather Raun On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that dramatically lowered the standard for companies to...
11/10/2023 5:53:07 PM California enacts increase in the minimum wage for covered health care employees By Garrett Parks Brandon Nhan Nhan Paul Pitts Governor Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 525 into law adding new minimum wage requirements to Sections 1182.14 and 1182.15 of the California...
11/8/2023 8:57:35 PM California employment law legislative update: bills that will become law in 2024 and beyond By Jennifer Terry Rachelle Hong Barton Maritza Torres We previously alerted employers to California employment law bills that were still alive toward the end of the most recent legislative...
11/1/2023 2:07:28 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part III) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief As detailed in part one and part two of our multipart series, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI)...
10/31/2023 2:34:08 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part II) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief As detailed in the first installment of our multipart series, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI)...
10/30/2023 5:53:02 PM NLRB Issues Final Rule Replacing Joint Employer Test By Betty Graumlich David Hartmann On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule to replace and essentially reverse the joint employer test...
10/30/2023 1:31:09 PM How artificial intelligence is impacting the U.S. workplace (Part I) By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Jeffrey N. Elkrief It is indisputable that artificial intelligence (AI) has generated enormous buzz over the past several years. AI has had a substantial...
10/24/2023 9:24:38 PM New York salary threshold to increase in March 2024 for certain wage protections By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Alexandra Irizarry Effective March 13, 2024, the salary threshold for certain exemptions under Article 6 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL) will increase from...