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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your March To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

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New Guidance Available for New York Employers About the Recent Salary History Ban

The New York State Department of Labor has created a website to provide guidance on the state’s recent Salary History Ban. We previously reported on the state’s Salary History Ban in detail here after it was passed by the New...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - October 2019

Supreme Court Declines to Weigh In on Website Accessibility - In a closely watched case that many hoped would bring some clarity—and sanity—to the subject of website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act,...more

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Texas Rule on “Gig Workers” Takes Effect

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The Texas Workforce Commission (“TWC”), the agency responsible for administering unemployment benefits and assessing unemployment taxes, recently adopted a rule (“Rule”) pursuant to which certain workers who provide services...more

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2018 and its first EEO Audit

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New Procedures: Old Problems – Don’t get caught off guard! On February 26, the Media Bureau issued its first Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) audit of 2018 to randomly selected radio and television stations. There are...more

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Leveraging the Gig Economy to Enhance Employee Engagement

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As the gig economy continues to grow, some employers may become accustomed to creating external job postings for short-term and freelance projects. However, in doing so employers could be ignoring a more obvious talent pool:...more

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December 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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In our update for last month’s developments in this area of the law, we report on five significant court cases involving companies in the transportation industry that use ICs as an integral part of their business model. Each...more

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DOL Releases Updated Independent Contractor “Misclassification” Website.

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In a follow-up to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) release of 12 questions and answers in a publication called “Misclassification Mythbusters,” the DOL has now released a new website called “What is ‘misclassification’?”...more

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Happy Holidays From The DOL: User-Friendly Webpage On Independent Contractors Misclassification Arrives

On December 19, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued what it describes as a “user-friendly webpage where workers, employers, and government agencies can find information and resources” about misclassification of...more

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The Labor Department’s New Independent Contractor Misclassification Web Page: While It Is Likely To Confound Viewers, It May...

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The U.S. Department of Labor reissued its resources on independent contractor misclassification and grouped them together with resources from other federal and state agencies on the subject. This appears to be the Labor...more

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Website Urges Employees to Form Unions

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In a move designed to aid unionization efforts, union activists have launched Unionizeme.org—with the stated goal of ending poverty for employees at large companies through unionization. The website—which generally targets...more

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Website Sorts Worker Complaints

The administration is beta-testing a new on-line tool at http://worker.gov. The site lets the user select on a job title (from a slowly expanding list) and then click to a menu of various violations of labor and employment...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - October 2016

Newly Enacted California Statutes - Minimum Wage Increases - As of January 1, 2017, businesses with 26 or more employees must pay a minimum wage of $10.50 per hour; the rate increases to $15.00 per hour in 2022....more

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Wrapping Paper Series Updates

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2015 - The Price of Customer Loyalty: Rewards Programs and Sales and Use Tax Issues - 09.21.2015 - Retailers and other businesses use loyalty and rewards programs to draw in customers throughout the year. However,...more

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Yelp Reviewers Are Not “Employees”

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In a world where the lines between employees and volunteers/interns are becoming increasingly blurred, it is nice to see at least one court easily dispense with a wage and hour lawsuit. On August 13, 2015, a federal judge...more

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