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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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The Best of FP’s Insights: Pay Transparency and Pay Equity

Fisher Phillips is providing a collection of our recent Insights on various topics as a convenient summary for those wanting a good overview of certain areas of law. The first collection: a review of recent developments in...more

Forecast: July 2022 Edition

Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

No More Dancing in the Dark: 5 Steps Employers Can Take Towards Pay Transparency, the Hottest Trend in Pay Equity Law

Thanks to New York City’s pay transparency law that takes effect on May 15, you may have an obligation to make public the expected salary ranges for remote jobs across the country – regardless of whether you have a business...more

4 Employer Takeaways – and Predictions – from Biden’s State of the Union Address

During the first State of the Union address with both houses of Congress present since the pandemic began, President Biden made brief references to his ambitious workplace law agenda, touching on several labor and employment...more

What Employers Need To Know As Marty Walsh Tapped To Head Labor Department

Given the tumultuous news that occupied all of our attentions last week, you may have missed the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor – the first...more

Top 11 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Biden

It appears to be official: unless the election results can be overturned in several states, Joe Biden will soon be our nation’s 46th president. Now the work begins to forecast what the next four years will bring. We’ve spent...more

FLSA Commissioned-Employee Exemption Clarifications: Retailers, It’s Time For A Checkup

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division deftly tackled decades of confusion regarding which establishments might have employees meeting the FLSA’s 7(i) overtime exemption for certain commission-paid employees. Even...more

Employers Grapple With Essential Business Designations Resulting From Shelter-In-Place and Shutdown Orders

As governors and local leaders across the country are issuing mandates for employees of “nonessential” businesses to stay home, businesses are grappling with a host of issues, including whether they qualify as an “essential”...more

Connecticut: Non-Essential Businesses Must Keep 100% Of Their Workforce At Home

As part of Connecticut’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut Governor Ned Lemont released Executive Order No. 7H on March 20, implementing telecommuting and closures of non-essential businesses or...more

‘Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say’: Partners Explain How Employers Can Promote Gender Equality and Pay Equity in the #MeToo...

The national conversation around issues of gender equality and the demands for pay equity is driving rapid changes in the law. Many states – including New York, California, Massachusetts, Oregon and New Jersey – have passed...more

U.S. Women’s Soccer Scores First Goal In Their Pay Equity Battle

A California federal judge today granted the U.S. Women’s National Team an early victory in their pay equity battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation (the Federation), granting class certification to a group of players who...more

Co-Working Spaces: Mitigating Litigation Risks While Encouraging Innovation

Co-working spaces are quickly becoming the Uber equivalent to office space rentals for remote-work professionals. On Monday morning, log onto an app and reserve a cubicle space down the street at a price much cheaper than a...more

Elizabeth Warren Becomes Latest Candidate To Unveil Pay Equity Plan

A few months ago, Kamala Harris unveiled an ambitious plan to introduce stricter legal measures to force employers to comply with pay equity standards. Fellow senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has...more

4th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Higher Ed Wage Discrimination Case

In a case that has been very closely watched by the higher education community, Spencer v. Virginia State University, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of a wage discrimination case by a female...more

Late Night Shocker: EEO-1 Once Again Poised To Gather Pay Data Information

A federal judge in Washington D.C. sent shockwaves through the employment law community late last night by reinstating a revised version of the EEO-1 report, which is now once again set to gather compensation information from...more

Supreme Court Strikes Down Significant Pay Equity Case - Landmark 9th Circuit Ruling Scrapped Because Of Deceased Judge

The Supreme Court took the unusual step today of vacating a 2018 federal appeals court decision because one of the judges counted in the majority was deceased by the time the decision was published, reversing a landmark pay...more

Massachusetts Employers Receive Guidance On Equal Pay Law - The Long-Anticipated Document Raises As Many Questions As It Answers

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey just issued much-anticipated and long-awaited guidance regarding the amended Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA), which is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2018. As most know by...more

“Naming And Shaming" - Could the UK's Approach To Bridging the Pay Equity Gap Be Coming To America?

No one denies the pay gap between men and women exists. However, there is much debate as to how best to close that gap. In the United Kingdom (UK), legislators are employing a “naming and shaming” strategy to try to use to...more

ACA Repeal Could Be Bad News For Gig Economy

The replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – recently passed the House and is now being considered by the Senate. It has the full support of the president, and barring any...more

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