California and New York City are joining Colorado and Washington state in imposing pay range disclosures in job postings. On November 1, 2022, covered employers will be required to include the salary range in a job posting...more
10/24/2022
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On May 18, 2021, Santa Clara County's Public Health Department issued a new order focused on safety measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The order became effective May 19, 2021, when the county entered the...more
5/28/2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly led to stay-at-home directives, enhanced health and safety requirements, and new legislation. These developments changed the working environment and the rules governing the employment...more
New York Governor Cuomo and the New York State legislature have reached agreement on a bill to expand New York's Paid Sick Leave Law to provide job protection and pay for New Yorkers quarantined as a result of the Novel...more
Once again, California's Supreme Court has underscored that California employment law can differ from federal law in significant, and typically more employee friendly, ways. In Douglas Troester v. Starbucks Corporation,1 a...more
California's Supreme Court has issued a decision making it harder for companies to classify California workers as independent contractors. In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, the court adopted a broad...more
In a decision receiving nationwide media coverage, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that an employer cannot defeat a federal Equal Pay Act claim by relying on an employee's prior salary, whether alone...more
As summer approaches, many employers are considering “hiring” summer interns, as well as what to pay them, if anything. Some employers will consider engaging the services of unpaid interns, sometimes at the request of eager...more
On May 4, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill that makes it an "unlawful discriminatory practice" for New York City employers to inquire about a job applicant's salary history, or to rely upon...more
At the proverbial eleventh hour, a federal court has blocked the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) new overtime exemption rules that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. As detailed in...more
Although the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) new overtime rules are scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016, the results of the U.S. presidential election and a pending federal court case are causing some...more
11/21/2016
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In a step that should immediately spur employers to review their compensation and hiring practices, Massachusetts recently enacted legislation that changes considerably the state's rules prohibiting gender-based pay...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has significantly altered Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations, requiring all employers to carefully review their classifications of employees as exempt or nonexempt from the FLSA's...more
Notwithstanding—and perhaps because of—the emergence of the so-called "sharing economy" and its proliferation of disruptive new business models, as well as calls to re-examine the traditional and familiar employee versus...more
6/15/2015
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