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Loopholes Laws Open for Business: Are You Ready for 26 August 2024?

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Yet more changes are ahead for employers as key elements of the Federal Labor Government's Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing the Loopholes No 2) Act 2024 (the Act) take effect on 26 August 2024....more

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Labour’s Proposed Employment Law Reforms: Our First Weekly Pre-election Guide - Removing Qualifying Periods and Increasing...

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Following last week's insight, "Labour's manifesto and employment law - what can employers expect?", we focus this week on the specific issue of removing qualifying periods and increasing statutory time limits....more

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The Illinois State Legislature Set to Take up BIPA Reform

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Recently, the Illinois General Assembly have restarted efforts to amend the Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008 (“the Act”). On January 31, 2024, Senator Bill Cunningham introduced S.B. 2979 ostensibly to answer the...more

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Manual Breaks Applied to Manual Workers’ Pay Frequency Claims

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2024 has gotten off to a hot start for New York employers. We have already seen significant developments regarding the New York Labor Law’s (NYLL) pay frequency requirements....more

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New York Weekly Pay Update: Governor and Appellate Court Seek to Scale Back Litigation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A legislative proposal by the Governor, and a new appellate court decision, may have significant ramifications for weekly pay litigation in New York state and federal courts....more

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Closing Loopholes just keeps getting better and better

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It is worth noting that under the original timetable of the Hon Tony Burke MP for the Closing Loopholes Bill, it would have been passed as law this week....more

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Update: NY Governor Approves Pay Transparency Law Amendments

Amendments to the pending New York State law requiring employers to advertise salary ranges were signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on March 3, 2023.  The salary transparency law with the amendments (which we previously...more

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Proposed Amendments Clarify Reach of Upcoming New York State Pay Transparency Law to Remote Workers

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On February 13, 2023, the New York State Legislature approved an amendment, S1326 (the “Amendment”), to the upcoming New York State Pay Transparency Law S9427A (the “Law”), clarifying that the Law’s requirement that employers...more

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Important Changes to Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law Go Into Effect January 1, 2023

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Several important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“PFML”) go into effect on January 1, 2023. Background on the PFML - Beginning in 2021, the PFML began providing paid family and medical...more

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Proposed Changes to Massachusetts Paid Family & Medical Leave Regulations

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The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has proposed changes to the regulations governing the state’s paid family and medical leave program. The proposed changes are intended to clarify the requirements...more

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NYC Releases Fact Sheet on Salary Transparency Requirements in Job, Transfer and Promotion Advertisements – While the City Council...

Employers face new challenges in navigating state and local pay equity laws. New York City joins a number of other jurisdictions that now require employers to disclose pay ranges when advertising job postings – including for...more

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New York City Issues Guidance on Required Salary Disclosures in Job Postings

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New York City employers be aware: A new “NYC Salary Disclosure Law” will soon require employers to include a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, or transfer opportunity advertised. While the NYC Salary...more

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Washington, D.C., Ban on Non-Competes Postponed Until October 2022

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Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the District of Columbia’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-563) (the Act) on January 11, 2021. The Act includes one of the most expansive bans on non-compete...more

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Major Changes to Illinois’ Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Laws: Company Agreements Likely Require Revision

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As of January 1, 2022, Illinois employers are more limited in their ability to bind employees to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. These changes stem from a recent amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act,...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Whistleblower Program Rules, Which May Lead to More SEC Tips

On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced two proposed amendments to its whistleblower program rules. As we previously reported, a closely divided SEC adopted a final rule implementing...more

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Manufacturers Should Prepare For OSHA’s New And Altered Proposed Hazard Communication Requirements

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Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more

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Mexican Government Challenges Employee Insourcing and Outsourcing Structures

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On November 12, 2020, the president of Mexico sent a bill to the Congress of the Union proposing amendments to several provisions of the: (i) Federal Labor Law (“Ley Federal del Trabajo“); (ii) Social Security Law (“Ley del...more

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EEOC Update: The Commission Finally Releases Its Proposed Amendments For Its Conciliation Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As we first reported here, the EEOC announced in August 2020 that it was proposing significant amendments to its conciliation process via a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”), though specific details...more

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EEOC Update: The Commission Holds Public Meeting On Proposed Amendments To Conciliation Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 18, 2020, the EEOC held a public meeting to address a notice of proposed rulemaking containing potential substantive amendments to the Commission’s conciliation process. Though a copy of the...more

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What You Need To Know About Kentucky OSHA’s Proposed Injury and Illness Reporting Rule Change

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The Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Department of Workplace Standards released its proposed amendments to its injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting requirements on February 11, 2020. A public hearing on these amendments...more

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New Jersey Resumes Efforts to Amend ABC Test for Independent Contractor Status, Passes Slate of Laws Targeting Misclassification

The State of New Jersey kicked off this year the same way it closed out the last - with an assault on New Jersey businesses. After a year of unprecedented change - one which saw the passage of significant amendments to New...more

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Mandatory Severance on the Horizon Under Proposed Amendments to NJ Warn Act

A bill to amend the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Loss Job Notification Act, also commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), which the New Jersey Senate passed on December 16, 2019, if...more

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Round 1: NLRB Issues First Set of Proposed Rule Changes to Election Procedures

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On August 12, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, which seeks to amend the NLRB’s current regulations regarding union election procedures. The proposed rules are the first...more

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The First Rollout of Proposed Amendments to the NLRB’s Election Rules

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On August 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued the first of its planned series of highly anticipated proposed amendments to its union election procedures. These proposed amendments follow the NLRB’s...more

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Labor Board Proposes Significant Amendments To Union Election Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced today its intent to publish a proposed “Election Protection Rule” that would amend regulations governing the filing and processing of petitions for secret ballot union...more

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