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

Littler on 6/21/2024

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

Step Aside, FTC: NYC to Banish Non-Competes

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 4/22/2024

The FTC's proposed ban on labor non-competes has loomed since January 2023, with a vote now scheduled for April 23, 2024 in a special Open Commission Meeting. New York City recently joined the growing number of states that...more

Here We Go Again! California's Latest Crop of Employment Laws

Littler on 10/12/2021

California is at it again – adopting a host of new labor and employment laws that will further regulate and complicate business operations in the Golden State. Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute has been tracking these...more

The Battle Continues: Prop 22 Struck Down, AB 5 Appealed

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/27/2021

The long-running battle over the classification of workers as independent contractors or employees in California continues, with a trial court judge striking down Proposition 22 and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to...more

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q2 2021

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/2/2021

The year 2021 continues the trend of increasing regulation of the workplace by state and local governments. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and...more

Ninth Circuit Rules California’s AB5 Will Apply to Motor Carriers

ArentFox Schiff on 5/3/2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a long-awaited decision on the question of whether AB5, California’s strict independent contractor misclassification statute, may be applied to motor carriers, or whether the...more

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2021

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/19/2021

This Holland & Knight alert highlights selected and significant new California labor and employment laws, regulations governing COVID-19 issues at the workplace by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health...more

AB2257: Not Much Better Than AB5 for Most Industries in California Using Independent Contractors

Locke Lord LLP on 9/8/2020

Many independent contractors complained of dire consequences after Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) became effective in California on January 1, 2020. Following intense lobbying and public relations campaigns, independent contractors in...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.20.2020 | Top Story: Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to Hit $2 Trillion Valuation Mark

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/20/2020

Apple tipped the $2 trillion mark this week, the first U.S. company to reach that valuation milestone, doing so just 2 years after it first hit $1 trillion. That it’s done so in the middle of a pandemic only punctuates how...more

AB 5: The Aftermath of California’s Experiment to Eliminate Independent Contractors Offers a Cautionary Tale for Other States

Littler on 3/10/2020

Since its enactment last fall, California’s AB 5—legislation adopting the so-called “ABC test” for purposes of determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or statutory employee—has dominated not only the legal...more

Preliminary Injunction Bars Enforcement of AB 5 Against Motor Carriers Operating in California

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/20/2020

In California Trucking Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, et al.,1 U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez issued a preliminary injunction on Jan. 16, 2020, enjoining the State of California from enforcing the ABC test...more

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2020

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/31/2019

In 2019, California enacted numerous labor and employment laws. Unless otherwise noted, each of the laws listed below is effective on Jan. 1, 2020. This Holland & Knight alert highlights selected and significant new laws, as...more

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on 11/18/2019

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

New Jersey Bill Creating Presumption of Employment for Independent Contractors Could Decimate the State's Gig Economy

FordHarrison on 11/15/2019

Recently, New Jersey took several steps to severely restrict the use of independent contractors or gig workers in the Garden state. The latest effort is Bill S4204, which creates a presumption of employment status for...more

Is Foresight 2020? Employers Confront New Laws Taking Effect in the New Year

Littler on 11/14/2019

As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q3 2019

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/3/2019

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more

Out of the Frying Pan: California’s New Contractor Law Answers Some Questions, Creates Many More

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2019

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that attempts to settle some of the ambiguity that remained surrounding the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex and its “ABC Test.”...more

California AB 5’s Author and the Governor Attempt to Clarify Law’s Scope

Littler on 9/24/2019

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), a bill that will dramatically alter whether, and under what circumstances, businesses may classify workers as independent contractors...more

California Assembly Bill Five Excepts Certain Categories Of Workers From Independent Contractor Classification Overhaul

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 9/18/2019

Last week, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 5, a new law related to an issue that is critically important to California employers and service providers—whether a worker is classified as an employee or an...more

California Passes Landmark Bill Restricting Classification of Contract Workers

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/17/2019

As of September 11, 2019, the California Senate and Assembly had both passed an employment bill (AB5) that, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would codify the recent extension of employment protections to workers previously...more

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q2 2019

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/2/2019

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more

What Will A Governor Newsom Mean for California Employers?

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2018

While much of the attention this midterm election has been focused on Congress and federal issues - the “blue wave” and a “referendum” on the Trump presidency - California employers know all too well that employment and labor...more

New York Appellate Court Delivers Big Win To Gig Economy Business

Littler on 7/9/2018

On June 22, New York’s Third Department appellate court – which has jurisdiction over all state Unemployment Division appeals – issued a significant decision for “gig” economy companies with operations in New York. In Matter...more

Healthcare Client Alert: California Supreme Court's Dynamex Decision Alters Independent Contractor Landscape

Buchalter on 6/27/2018

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, No. S222732, in which the Court chose to essentially scrap the nearly 30-year old test for determining...more

The Dynamex Fallout: Independent Contractor Classifications Endangered - California Employers Should Heed Recent State Supreme...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/21/2018

In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court rejected the decades-old Borello test for determining whether workers should be classified as employees or independent...more

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