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It’s PSL Season—Not Pumpkin Spice Latte but Paid Sick Leave

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As school resumes and temperatures fall, employees may be calling out sick. Here is a refresher on the basics of California’s paid sick leave law known as the Healthy Workplace Healthy Families Act, Labor Code 245 et seq. ...more

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Addressing the Challenge of Keeping HR Policies Compliant [Webinar Recap]

Mitratech and Clear Law Institute sat down for an expert panel uncovering how today’s companies can stay one step ahead of shifting regulatory and HR policies. Employers and HR & Compliance professionals from across...more

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New Year, New Updates to Employment Laws

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Below is a brief summary of the landscape of changes to employment law for employers in 2023. What Employers In Chicago Need to Know: Chicago Expands Required Training for Sexual Harassment Prevention- Employers have...more

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Hiring a New York Employee? Don’t Forget These Key Legal Items

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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work quickly proliferated, and has continued in some fashion ever since. As a consequence, there has also been a proliferation of employers that have become multijurisdictional...more

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2022 Hot Topics in Employment Law Seminar Highlights

On May 13, 2022, the Miles & Stockbridge Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group presented its twentieth annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar to clients from throughout Maryland and beyond. Topics...more

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Policy Matters Newsletter - February 2022 # 2

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Senate Passes The “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021”; Biden Signature Imminent. As Seyfarth noted in this legal update, the central thrust of the measure is to permit persons...more

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Littler Global Guide - Canada - Q4 2021

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British Columbia: Eligible Workers Entitled to Five Days of Paid Sick Leave Beginning January 1, 2022 - New Legislation Enacted - British Columbia announced that beginning January 1, 2022, workers covered by the...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q3 2021

2021 continues the trend of increasing regulation of the workplace by state and local governments. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming...more

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Virtual Town Hall - The Path Forward: One Year Later

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As we digest the tremendous changes in labor and workplace management in 2020, we must use those experiences to shape our future. How do we utilize those experiences to navigate the path forward? How will we transition back...more

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Global Employer Guide (Updated)

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We are pleased to make available this year's edition of the Global Employer Guide. The guide provides a concise, easy to read summary of employment law across numerous countries. Our updated release reflects the changes...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: Sick Leave in New York, California Law Update, and Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act Takes Effect

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we have updates on a range of new laws taking effect in New York City, California, and Oregon. NYC Amends Sick Leave Law to Match State Law New York City recently amended its...more

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State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q3 2020

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more

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Health, safety and working conditions in France / First semester of 2020

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This newsletter reviews five notable court holdings over the last semester. Moral harassment: the employer's investigation is valid even if all victims have not been interviewed (Cass, Soc., 8 January 2020, n°18-20.151) ...more

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State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q1/Q2 2020

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. In the first and second quarters of 2020 alone, legislatures were particularly active in passing laws addressing sexual harassment training,...more

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New York Governor Proposes Significant Employment Law Updates in 2021 Budget

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In what has become a trend over the last few years, Governor Cuomo included multiple labor and employment law proposals in the budget that, if approved, would create significant new responsibilities for New York employers,...more

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Virginia Employment Law Changes: Looking Back at 2019 and Ahead at 2020

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As sophisticated employers know, an employer must track and comply with developments not only in federal law, but also state and local law. This blog post details key changes in employment laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia...more

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NY Governor Aims To Expand Workplace Laws In 2020

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After a busy 2019 of expanding workplace protections in New York, Governor Cuomo just issued his 2020 State of the State to lay out his priorities for the coming year. And it should come as no surprise that several of the...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Seven Ways Savvy HR Leaders in New York Are Spending Their Summers

Ah, summer: less-demanding schedules, lighter workloads, and a more relaxed work wardrobe. In keeping with the professional reputation of lawyers as killjoys, however, we recommend that HR professionals act more like Aesop’s...more

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Minnesota Legislative Update, Part III: Regular Session Winds Down With Many Bills Left in the Hopper

As the 2019 regular session of the Minnesota Legislature draws to a close, lawmakers in St. Paul are deadlocked on the budget bill. As a result, many of the bills we reported on in our previous articles are stalled in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q1 2019

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more

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Minnesota Legislative Update, Part II: Bills to Watch

In part one of this series, we reported on several legislative developments in Minnesota that could impact employers. Now the Minnesota Legislature has proposed more bills affecting the workplace....more

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Minnesota Employers: State Legislature is Considering Materially Significant Paid Leave, Wage Theft and Sexual Harassment Bills

Multiple pieces of legislation that would materially affect Minnesota employers if passed into law are currently under consideration by the Minnesota legislature. The new bills cover paid family and medical leave, paid sick...more

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Looking Ahead – California Legislature to Address Dynamex and a Host of New Employment Proposals

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February 22 was the last day to introduce new legislative proposals for the 2019 California legislative year. A whopping 2,576 bill were introduced before the deadline, making for an extremely busy legislative year ahead....more

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WPI State of the States: What a Difference a Month Makes

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Nearly all states legislatures are now in session, and the surge of new bills indicates lawmakers are not holding back. Over 1,000 state-level labor and employment-related bills have already been introduced since January 1,...more

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