A slew of new employment laws take effect Tuesday in Maryland related to job postings, wage statements, discrimination, prevailing wages and workplace fraud, among other topics....more
10/1/2024
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Louisiana recently passed new legislation prohibiting employers from including nondisclosure provisions in agreements with employees that prospectively forbid employees from disclosing or discussing certain facts or claims...more
Under new legislation amending Maryland’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Law, employers in the state will be required, as of Oct. 1, to include certain wage information in both public and internal job postings and advertisements....more
Last year continued the trend of rising inflation, interest rates and borrowing costs, as well as cost-of-living increases. With these concerns top of mind, many states continued to increase their required minimum wage rates....more
The past year has brought many challenges, including those associated with rising inflation and cost-of-living increases. With such concerns top of mind, many states are increasing their required minimum wage rates. Employers...more
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act, a new pay transparency law imposing increased payroll reporting requirements on large employers and placing...more
The Supreme Court has recently taken the challenge of assessing the scope and breadth of workplace arbitration provisions under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, and Southwest...more
4/14/2022
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Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana