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New Illinois Employment Laws Arrive En Masse

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Employers with Illinois workers should be aware of several new employment laws and amendments to existing laws that were enacted during the state’s 2024 legislative session. Below are summaries of the new requirements,...more

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New Maryland Employment Laws Set to Take Effect on October 1: Is Your Business Prepared?

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Maryland’s General Assembly passed several employment laws that are scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2024. Areas of change include paid family leave, posting salary ranges and pay rate notifications, and an expansion of...more

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Latest Updates to Illinois Personnel Records Review Act

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The Illinois state legislature has once again amended the Personnel Records Review Act (the “Act”), imposing new obligations on employers navigating personnel record requests.  Effective January 1, 2025, HB 3763 requires...more

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Employment protections extended to infertility treatment

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A recent legislative amendment in Belgium introduces protection against dismissal and a prohibition of discrimination when an employee is absent due to an infertility treatment or a programme of medically assisted...more

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Maryland Increases Pay Transparency for Current and Prospective Employees

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Employers take note! The Maryland General Assembly’s 2024 session resulted in new laws aimed at increasing transparency for both current and prospective employees regarding employee wages. These new laws require employers to...more

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New standards for crèches across India

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On 30 January 2024, the Ministry of Women and Child Development released national minimum standards for crèches (daycare facilities). The standards (the ‘NMSPC’) provides a comprehensive framework for setting up and managing...more

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Employment Law Update 2024: New Employment Laws for the New Year

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Employers Need to Know about the White House’s Executive Order on AI

President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order devised to establish minimum risk practices for use of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) with focus on rights and safety of people, with many consequences for...more

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NYC to Prohibit Employment Discrimination Based on Height and Weight

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Q: I heard New York City is adding height and weight as protected categories. What does that mean for employers? ...more

White & Case LLP

CPRA Enforcement Activity Underway Despite Court Ruling to Delay

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The California Attorney General's (the "Cal AG") office appears to be moving forward with enforcement activities, despite a recent court ruling delaying enforcement of CPRA regulations. In the past month, since the amendments...more

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The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 2, 2023)

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Australia Paid Parental Leave Amendment New Legislation Enacted Authors: Naomi Seddon, Shareholder, and Xi (Grace) Yang, Of Counsel – Littler Australia has amended its Paid Parental Leave law in order to make the leave more...more

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NYC Enacts Height and Weight Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

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On May 26, 2023, New York City enacted an ordinance amending the New York City Human Rights Law to ban employment discrimination on the basis of a person’s height and weight. This new ordinance further expands the...more

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Employers Take Note: New York City Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Height and Weight

On May 26, 2023, Mayor Eric Adams signed a bill into law amending New York City’s anti-discrimination statute to include height and weight among the list of protected classes. Accordingly, employers will now have to consider...more

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