During a pandemic, protests, and a polarized election season, employers have walked an ever-increasingly fine line between protecting employee speech in the workplace and enforcing rules on workplace conduct....more
7/23/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Title VII ,
Unions
The year 2020 is already shaping up to be quite active on the employment law front, and a quarter of U.S. states have yet to convene their 2020 legislative sessions. In January, over 800 labor and employment-related bills,...more
2/5/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Ban the Box ,
Cash Transactions ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Dress Codes ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gig Economy ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Severance Agreements ,
Severance Pay ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
WARN Act
Although most state legislatures have adjourned for 2019 or are in recess, those still in active session finalized several new employment laws in July. California advanced a bill that would codify a judicially established...more
8/5/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Help, Education, Labor, and Pensions – the committee with oversight of federal anti-discrimination law – has released recommendations for...more
Although the bulk of state lawmaking has finished for 2018, those few states still in session are moving quickly on pending bills. California lawmakers, for example, had until the end of August to move bills to the governor’s...more
9/6/2018
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Ballot Measures ,
Breastfeeding ,
Cybersecurity ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pending Legislation ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment ,
Wage and Hour
As we prepare to turn the calendar to 2018, employers look ahead to the next wave of labor and employment regulations. On January 1, 2018, and throughout the coming year, employers across the nation will confront a host of...more
11/14/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Ban the Box ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Disability Benefits ,
DLSE ,
Equal Pay ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Gender Identity ,
Human Trafficking ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
New Legislation ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Ratio ,
Popular ,
Raids ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
The holiday weekend marked the end of summer fun, but state legislatures across the country remained hard at work in August. Roughly nine statehouses are in active session. In other jurisdictions, such as Florida and Ohio,...more
9/5/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Employee Definition ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Manufacturers ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Over-Time ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Right to Work ,
Screening Procedures ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Despite recent publicity surrounding bills pending in the U.S. Congress, state legislatures have not lost their focus. More than 30 states have concluded their legislative sessions, and another half-dozen are in recess. But...more
8/2/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Preemption ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
As we turn the calendar to April, state legislatures are starting to hit their stride. Bills introduced earlier this year continue to advance, with more than 400 labor and employment-related measures remaining under...more
4/4/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Ban the Box ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Equal Pay ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pay Gap ,
Preemption ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The October edition of the Insider Report examines what Congress...more
10/6/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Bereavement Leave ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Forum Selection ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Genetic Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Harassment ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
Multi-Employer Pensions ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Pensions ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Retirement ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sick Leave ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Work Schedules
The twin forces of technology and globalization are reinventing and redefining the workplace and the way work is performed. The workplace automation of the last century is rapidly being augmented and replaced by intelligent...more
8/5/2016
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Disability ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
On-Call Employees ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Robotics ,
Section 7 ,
Severance Agreements ,
Technology ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Wearable Technology
In This Report:
- Explanation And Scope Of This Preliminary Littler Report
- Introduction
- Workplace LAW Challenges And Solutions
- A. Human Displacement
- B. Union And Non-Union...more