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[Event] 2024 Labor & Employment Seminar - November 6th, San Diego, CA

Calling all California Employers: Get ready to elevate your workplace game! It's that time of year again, and Procopio is back with a bang to present our much-awaited Annual Labor and Employment Seminar with timely,...more

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[Event] Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit: The Latest Rulemaking, Legislative, and Enforcement Developments in the...

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Conn Maciel Carey LLP's Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA • Workplace Safety and Labor • Employment Practice Groups, to...more

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[Event] Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit: The Latest Rulemaking, Legislative, and Enforcement Developments in the...

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Conn Maciel Carey LLP's Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA • Workplace Safety and Labor • Employment Practice Groups, to...more

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New York Prioritizes Retail Worker Safety

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New York State has enacted the Retail Worker Safety Act, which goes into effect on March 4, 2025. The new law requires employers with at least ten retail employees to establish a workplace violence prevention policy and a...more

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What Responsibilities Do Employers Have Under New York State’s Retail Worker Safety Act?

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law on Sept. 4, 2024. The Act will require covered retail employers to: 1.Adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy...more

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Retailers Face New Compliance Requirements: Violence Prevention and Panic Buttons Under New York Law

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On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act (“Act” and “Legislation”), which in 6 months, will impose a series of new obligations on retail businesses operating in the...more

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New York Law to Provide Protections Against Workplace Violence for Retail Employees

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A new bill passed by the New York State legislature in June 2024, and signed into law by the Governor in September 2024, will mandate that retail employers install panic buttons in the workplace, establish...more

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New York Enacts Law Requiring Retail Employers to Implement Workplace Violence Prevention Training and Policies and Provide Panic...

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on September 4, 2024 that requires retail employers to develop and implement workplace violence prevention training and policies, among other measures.  The law becomes effective...more

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NY Retailers Must Implement Safety Measures to Combat Workplace Violence: 3 Steps to Compliance

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Retail employers in New York will soon need to implement comprehensive safety measures designed to address the increasing problem of workplace violence. Last week, Governor Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act...more

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New Law Requires Most California Employers to Develop a Workplace Violence Prevention Program: Your 4-Step Compliance Plan

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A new law that took effect last month requires most California employers to develop a workplace violence prevention program, and if you aren’t familiar with your new obligations, now is the perfect time for you to ensure your...more

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[Event] 2nd Annual Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit - October 10th, Pasadena, CA

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Conn Maciel Carey LLP's 2ndAnnual Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA Workplace Safety and Labor Employment Practice Groups,...more

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[Event] 2nd Annual Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit - October 8th, Berkeley, CA

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Conn Maciel Carey LLP's 2ndAnnual Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA Workplace Safety and Labor Employment Practice Groups,...more

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New Legal Requirement for California Employers: Workplace Violence Policies

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Starting July 1, 2024, all employers in California with more than 10 employees are now required to implement comprehensive workplace violence policies....more

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Deadline for CA Employers to Adopt New Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Approaches

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Organizations with operations in California are reminded of the upcoming July 1, 2024 deadline to comply with the provisions of S.B. 553—a bill that was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 20, 2023,...more

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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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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

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California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Deadline is in Less Than Two Weeks

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California employers who have not put together their Workplace Violence Prevention Plan need to move quickly.   Effective July 1, almost all California employers (with a few exceptions) are required to...more

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Looming Deadline for California Employers to Implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Program

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Starting July 1, 2024, California will begin requiring employers to implement a workplace violence prevention program. What are the New Requirements? California already requires nearly all employers to implement an...more

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California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Law, SB 553, Takes Effect on July 1, 2024: Three Weeks Until Required Compliance

Effective July 1, 2024, nearly every California employer will be required to implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan with very specific requirements....more

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New Florida Law Blocks Certain Local Workplace Rules: Top 3 Things Employers Should Note

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Under a new Florida law, employers will need to turn to state and federal agencies – rather than local governments – for guidance on certain key workplace rules. Specifically, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 433 on April 11,...more

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (But Were Afraid to Ask) - Answers to...

Beginning July 1, 2024, a new California law (SB 553) will require most California employers to establish workplace violence prevention plans.  We answer 10 frequently asked questions about the new law below....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - March 2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Workplace Violence Prevention Law: What Employers Should Know Before July 1, 2024

In 2023, the California Legislature enacted a first-of-its-kind workplace violence prevention law that, unlike other workplace violence laws that apply to specific industries only (such as healthcare), applies across all...more

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[Webinar] Tips and Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence Incidents - April 24th, 1:00 pm EST

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Workplace violence has been a focus for both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for several years, as it continues to be one of the leading...more

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Cal/OSHA Provides Guidance for Employers Developing Workplace Violence Prevention Plans

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California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) published a model workplace violence prevention plan and fact sheets for applicable industries to help employers comply with SB 553. As we noted in our 2023...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Workplace Violence Law Means for Texas Healthcare

Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...more

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