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27 Sep 2019, 1:11 pm
This article will cover certain wide-ranging developments and trends, from recreational marijuana use and how legalization impacts workplace policies, to Illinois’ new #MeToo law requiring sweeping changes for employers. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 8:04 am
Three new rules will take effect this year that alter the overtime wages subject to Alabama withholding tax and employers’ requirements in reporting those newly exempt wages. [read post]
1 Jul 2024, 1:44 pm
In the short term, these decisions could make it harder for agencies to defend major rules on overtime, joint employment, prevailing wages, pregnancy accommodation and noncompete agreements. [read post]
30 Oct 2024, 2:03 pm
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has just issued some much-needed guidance, through Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), on whether enrollment and use of E-Verify is prohibited in Illinois for private employers that do not have federal contracts. [read post]
24 Jul 2024, 1:27 pm
This law adopts as public policy the express prohibition of discrimination in the offering of public services, employment, education, and housing, in the public and private sectors, based on individuals’ protective hairstyles or hair textures, which are regularly associated with a particular race and national origin identities. [read post]
10 Aug 2021, 10:16 am
Florida employers can require employees to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations, submit records of such vaccination, and implement other safety measures for their workplaces notwithstanding national publicity suggesting that recent Florida rules, orders, and laws prohibit or discourage these public health measures. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 8:46 am
As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) has recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation (Guidelines), which includes the PR DOL’s official statutory interpretation of nearly all of Puerto Rico’s employment laws. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 10:31 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that Wisconsin wage and hours laws concerning the compensability of meal periods empower employers to require that such breaks be unpaid. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 9:07 am
In Canada, employers that host holiday parties for their employees could expose themselves to significant common law liability for the actions of an employee or guest who is under the influence of alcohol or cannabis. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 11:36 am
As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation (Guidelines), which includes the PR DOL’s official statutory interpretation of nearly all of Puerto Rico’s employment laws. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 12:56 pm
While significant bills impacting Connecticut employers were signed into law, proposed employer mandates on pay transparency, paid sick leave, and predictive scheduling failed to gain the necessary votes for passage in 2023. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 1:44 pm
Georgia law prohibits private employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of age, disability and sex (specifically compensation-based claims).1 There are, however, no state statutes prohibiting private employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of the other categories traditionally protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), i.e., race, color, sex (more broadly), national origin, and religion. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 11:49 am
As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation (Guidelines), which includes the PR DOL’s official statutory interpretation of nearly all of Puerto Rico’s employment laws. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 1:15 pm
As we have previously discussed, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PR DOL) recently published the first edition of its Guidelines on the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation (Guidelines), which includes the PR DOL’s official statutory interpretation of nearly all of Puerto Rico’s employment laws. [read post]
2 Jul 2023, 1:55 pm
Importantly for employers, this ruling prevents enforcement of only a portion of the web of requirements imposed by the new California privacy law. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 12:14 pm
Some were signed into law by Governor Newsom earlier this year and have already gone into effect. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 4:17 pm
Whistleblower laws The Public Interest Disclosure Act of 2013 is meant to provide protection for Commonwealth public servants who disclose wrongdoing by government agencies. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 4:15 am
While a public employer may abolish a position for reasons of economy or efficiency, it may not do so to avoid a civil servant’s statutory rightsMatter of Gallagher v Board of Educ. for Buffalo City School Dist., 2011 NY Slip Op 01163, Appellate Division, Fourth DepartmentJames F. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 9:32 am
Universal Paid Family Leave Law [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 1:57 pm
As a result of a new appellate court decision, New York employers may now face liquidated damages for failing to pay employees as frequently as required by the New York Labor Law. [read post]
