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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Illinois Employment Law Updates: AI Restrictions, New Protected Classes, and More

BCLP on 9/16/2024

The Illinois General Assembly and Governor JB Pritzker have been busy in 2024, enacting significant changes to existing statutes like the Illinois Human Rights Act (the “IHRA”), the Personnel Records Review Act (the “PRRA”),...more

Illinois Amends Temp Worker Law to Increase Business Obligations: 4 Things You Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 8/21/2024

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently agreed to amend the state’s groundbreaking temp worker law to increase obligations for businesses and create additional compliance requirements. The August 9 action officially amends...more

Latest Updates to Illinois Personnel Records Review Act

Littler on 8/13/2024

The Illinois state legislature has once again amended the Personnel Records Review Act (the “Act”), imposing new obligations on employers navigating personnel record requests. Effective January 1, 2025, HB 3763 requires...more

Important Changes to Washington’s Noncompete Law

Foster Garvey PC on 3/27/2024

A bill amending Washington’s noncompete law (RCW 49.62) goes into effect on June 6, 2024. One of the changes will require prompt review and likely revisions of existing non-solicitation agreements....more

Important Colorado Law Changes for Multi-State Employers

Lathrop GPM on 1/11/2024

Employers should be aware of Colorado law changes that may impact their job postings and other practices, including some changes that are likely a welcome roll-back of some prior requirements. On January 1, 2024, the...more

New York Governor Signs Clean Slate Law to Seal Older Criminal Convictions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/28/2023

On November 16, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law requiring records of certain past criminal convictions to be sealed. The legislation is intended in part to prevent discrimination in hiring against...more

Illinois Passes New Pay Transparency Law That Will Require Pay Info In Job Postings: Your Compliance Blueprint

Fisher Phillips on 8/30/2023

Illinois employers will be required to reveal salary information in job postings thanks to a new law that was just finalized by the governor. On August 11, Governor Pritzker passed into law amendments to the Illinois Equal...more

New Jersey Employers Waiting for Guidance on Unemployment Compensation Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/31/2023

Amendments to New Jersey’s Unemployment Compensation Law (UCL) are scheduled to take effect on July 31, 2023. One of the most significant changes to the UCL is that employers will now need to electronically report certain...more

New Canada Labour Code Regulatory Amendments: What Employers Need to Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/20/2023

The Budget Implementation Act 2018, No. 2 (BIA 2018, No.2) made numerous changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) by. As a result of these changes, federally regulated employers will be required to reimburse employees for...more

New Jersey Employers Face Imminent Changes to Unemployment Compensation Law, Including Mandatory Reporting, Appeals, and Penalties

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/3/2023

On November 3, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a number of substantial changes to New Jersey’s Unemployment Compensation Law (UCL). This article highlights the significant amendments to the UCL that will take...more

D.C. Council Amends Non-Compete Law After Backlash – What Employers Need to Know Before October 1

Fisher Phillips on 9/14/2022

After passing some of the nation’s strictest regulations on employer use of non-compete agreements, the D.C. Council has backtracked on some of the law’s most controversial provisions. Employers who rely on non-competes may...more

New York City Council Amends Wage Transparency Law

FordHarrison on 5/2/2022

In 2021, New York City passed a law requiring employers to include salary ranges for job advertisements. The law contained a number of ambiguities and gave employers little time to prepare for the May 15, 2022 effective date....more

Amended Maine Law Will Require Vacation Payout When Employment Ends

Littler on 4/25/2022

Maine’s governor recently signed H.P. 160 - L.D. 225, amending the state’s final wages statute to require that “[a]ll unused paid vacation accrued pursuant to the employer's vacation policy on and after January 1, 2023 must...more

The New York City Pay Transparency Law

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 2/17/2022

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Evandro Gigante and associate Laura Fant discuss a recent New York City law requiring employers to state salary ranges in job postings. Effective May 15, 2022, as an amendment...more

Employers in New York City Must Provide Salary Information in Job Ads Effective May 15

Goldberg Segalla on 2/10/2022

In its effort to achieve pay equity and transparency, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to create Section 8-107(32). The amendment—which becomes effective on May 15,...more

New Year Brings New Laws for New York Employers: 2021 Recap and 2022 Preview

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2021

Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more

New California Employment Laws in 2022

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/7/2021

The California Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed several new or amended employment laws covering topics ranging from non-disparagement and separation agreements, the California Family Rights Act, and warehouse...more

Employees 70 & Older Gain New Life With Expanded Protections Against Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Genova Burns LLC on 10/13/2021

On October 5, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation expanding the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) providing increased protections against age discrimination for workers 70 years of age and...more

NJ Workers’ Comp Law Requires Employers to Give Hiring Preference To Previously Injured Employees

Morgan Lewis on 10/11/2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Bill A-2617/S-2998, an amendment to the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law that will require employers to provide a “hiring preference” to any employee who has reached maximum...more

New Jersey Amends Workplace Bias Law to Expand Protections Against Age Discrimination

Fisher Phillips on 10/8/2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy just signed a bill amending the state’s workplace bias statute by expanding protections against age discrimination. The most significant aspect of Assembly Bill No. 681, signed into law on...more

Changes to North Carolina Wage and Hour Act Effective July 8, 2021

Smith Anderson on 7/22/2021

Newly enacted revisions to the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act (NCWHA) may affect how employers address certain payroll practices. As of July 8, 2021, employers must provide written notification of promised wages and give a...more

Illinois Gets More Restrictive on Restrictive Covenants

Gould + Ratner LLP on 7/7/2021

Employers seeking to impose restrictive covenants upon employees will face substantial new hurdles beginning January 1, 2022. Previously, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act barred employers from requiring “low wage” workers...more

Employer-Mandated Disclosure of Wage Ranges and Expansion of Equal Pay Law Enacted in Connecticut

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/15/2021

Beginning October 1, 2021, Connecticut employers, meaning those that employ at least one employee in the state, will be required to disclose wage ranges for vacant positions pursuant to an amendment of existing laws...more

Illinois Amends Human Rights Act, Business Corporation Act, and Equal Pay Act

Stokes Wagner on 4/16/2021

On March 23, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 1480 into law, amending three state statutes. First, the Illinois Human Rights Act is amended to impose employer obligations when making employment decisions based on...more

Illinois Enacts Statutory Amendments Creating Variety of New Obligations for Employers

Benesch on 3/31/2021

On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB 1480, which specified new obligations for employers, as detailed in a recent alert. Now that SB 1480 has been signed into law, employers should implement...more

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