Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more
6/21/2024
/ 401k ,
Child Labor ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Tax ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Salary ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Notice Requirements ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
Warehouses ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workers’ Compensation ,
Workplace Safety
It’s almost spring, and you know what that means! It’s almost time to file the California pay data reports. Last year was the first year for filing expanded pay data reports under SB1162, which requires private employers with...more
2/23/2024
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Equal Pay ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
The federal government, states, counties, and cities were active again this year passing workplace legislation intended for the most part to protect employees, creating new compliance obligations for employers. Littler’s...more
11/27/2023
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
New Regulations ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
We are in the final stretch of the California legislature’s first year of a two-year session. One bill that sped through the legislative process—without any registered opposition—is Senate Bill 699, which extends the state’s...more
9/7/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
Traditionally, January 1 has been the key date for which employers must prepare to implement new labor and employment compliance obligations for new laws passed within the previous year. For the past several years, we have...more
Los Angeles, California recently joined San Francisco and Emeryville, California; New York City; Philadelphia; Chicago; Seattle; Euless, Texas; and Oregon as jurisdictions that have enacted “fair workweek” legislation. The...more
2/9/2023
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City of Los Angeles ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Workweek ,
Franchises ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Retailers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
It used to be that employers had the luxury of waiting until January 1 to be vigilant for new employment laws and compliant challenges. For the past several years, we have reported on employment and labor laws taking effect...more
6/23/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gig Economy ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour