Starting May 10, 2020, New York City employers may not require prospective employees to submit to testing for the presence of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols (or THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana) in an...more
A controversial bill passed by the California legislative assembly's preliminary vote on September 11, 2019, could reclassify millions of independent contractors as employees. Governor Gavin Newsom has already signaled his...more
New York has become the second state, following California, to explicitly ban race-based hair discrimination in employment.
On July 12, 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed S.6209A/A.7797A amending the Human Rights Law...more
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that the City of Minneapolis may enforce sick and safe leave requirements against employers located outside of Minneapolis that have employees working within city limits. The key...more
Class action claims against employers for seemingly technical violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) continue to gain momentum, reminding employers to carefully review their background check forms. In the most...more
The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not extend to disparate impact claims for job applicants, according to a decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Wednesday, January...more
On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Final Rule requiring certain federal contractors and subcontractors to provide paid sick leave to covered employees. The Final Rule was long awaited...more
On September 7, 2015, President Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide paid sick leave to employees. For federal contract actions on or after January 1, 2017, the...more
On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court decided Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., No. 14-86, holding that to prevail in a disparate-treatment claim based on religion under...more
On April 1, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its first enforcement action based upon improperly restrictive language in a Houston-based technology and engineering firm’s employee confidentiality...more
On February 25, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) published a final rule to revise the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993’s (FMLA) definition of “spouse,” expanding FMLA leave to employees...more
On January 1, 2015, a California law took effect placing additional obligations on employers in preventing workplace bullying....more