The past year has brought sweeping changes to the world of work. Federal agencies finalized rules on minimum wage and overtime exemptions, union representation elections, pregnancy accommodations, OSHA inspections, and...more
Three months into the new legislative year, with all but a handful of state legislatures currently in session, several employment law trends for 2024 have emerged. Some of the more significant trends reflect the country’s...more
3/27/2024
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Bereavement Leave ,
Child Labor ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants
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
Three months into the new legislative year, with all but a handful of state legislatures currently in session, clear employment law trends for 2023 have emerged. Some of the more significant trends reflect the country’s...more
3/14/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Family Status Discrimination ,
Free Speech ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Wage and Hour
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On June 3, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill 4927, which if enacted would require employers to include a salary range and position description in each job advertisement. The statewide...more
6/9/2022
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Local Ordinance ,
New York ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On April 20, 2022, Mississippi became the last state in the nation to enact an equal pay law, when Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“Mississippi Act” or “the Act”)....more
Rhode Island has joined the growing ranks of states that have enacted a sweeping pay equity statute. The Rhode Island law, which takes effect on January 1, 2023, amends the Rhode Island Equal Pay Law and places significant...more