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Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Pay Range Will Be Required in Massachusetts Job Ads Starting July 31, 2025

On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law new legislation that requires employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts to include pay range in job ads. The statute requires that the posted...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employer FAQ: Massachusetts’s New Pay Transparency And Pay Data Reporting Requirements

Massachusetts has passed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”), which means that pay transparency and pay data reporting requirements will soon become official.  In advance of the effective dates...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Maryland Employers: Amended Pay Transparency Law Requires Wage Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Maryland was one of the first states to implement a pay transparency law in 2020, and now it joins several states in broadening that law to require employers to disclose a wage range for open positions (Washington, D.C.’s pay...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New York Court Puts Breaks on Manual Worker Weekly Wage Payment Claims

In a hotly anticipated decision, the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department held in Grant v. Global Aircraft Dispatch, Inc. that manual workers do not have a private right of action under the New York Labor Law...more

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Governor Hochul Proposes New York Labor Law Amendment to End Pay Frequency Claims

Governor Kathy Hochul’s newly unveiled fiscal year 2025 executive budget proposal includes an amendment to Section 198 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL) that could put an end to pay frequency claims....more

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Connecticut To Require Disclosure Of Employee Wage Ranges, Expand Pay Equity Law

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Governor Ned Lamont signed into law June 7, 2021, the Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position (Act). The Act, which goes into effect October 1, requires Connecticut employers to provide certain...more

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Virginia Wage Theft Law Brings New Duties and Steep Penalties for General Contractors

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On April 12, 2020, Governor Northam signed a series of bills related to the non-payment of wages. New changes to Virginia’s wage payment laws significantly increase potential penalties against employers who fail to properly...more

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Employers Beware: New Jersey Enacts One of the Toughest “Wage Theft” Laws in the Country

On August 6, 2019, Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed the New Jersey Wage Theft Act (WTA) into law. The law has been touted by proponents as the toughest wage theft statute in the country. Notwithstanding its name, the WTA...more

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