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Employers Score Another Win Against FTC, But Noncompete Ban Looms

In July, this blog alerted you to the outcome of the preliminary injunction rulings in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission and ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, which resulted in a 1-1 tie between...more

First Test of FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Will Be Without Oral Argument

The Federal Trade Commission promulgated regulations that stand to ban non-compete agreements in employment relationships nationwide. These regulations are scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024....more

Flowers, Chocolates, or Notice of Noncompete Agreement?

Many people are contemplating what to give their Valentine in a couple of weeks.   However, California employers that employed California persons under an agreement with a noncompete clause “no matter how narrowly...more

Department of Labor’s Controversial Rule to Determine Independent Contractor Status

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) changed the test as to whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). This final rule rescinds the...more

California’s Employees Entitled to Reproductive Loss Leave in 2024

On January 1, 2024, most California employers are required to provide up to five days of unpaid leave to an employee who experiences a reproductive loss event. Senate Bill 848 defines a reproductive loss as a failed adoption,...more

Valentine’s Day “Gift” For Employers With California Employees That Work Under Noncompete Agreements

In September, California created a cause of action whereby employees may challenge non-compete agreements and win damages and attorney’s fees (see our prior post on “New Golden State Law to Create Gold Rush Litigation Testing...more

Los Angeles’ New Requirements For Work With Independent Contractors

California has gone to great lengths to limit independent contractor relationships and recently, the City of Los Angeles, created additional hurdles to the hiring and use of independent contractors or freelance workers. The...more

FTC Waging War on Non-Compete Restrictions in Employment

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed new Federal regulations to ban non-compete clauses from employment agreements nationwide. The ban will include non-solicitation and other restrictions that are currently designed to...more

Ninth Circuit Delivers Employers a Valentine – Blocks California’s Bar to Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements

The Ninth Circuit gave California employers a belated Valentine’s Day present by upholding the District Court’s injunction against enforcement of California Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”) because it inhibited arbitration contrary...more

Large Retail Employers With Los Angeles Workforce May Soon Face Additional Restrictions And Expenses

​​​​​​​On September 13, 2022, the Fair Work Week Ordinance advanced out of committee and will move forward toward likely City Council approval. If it passes, any retail business with over 300 employees, globally, will face...more

W. Hollywood Employers Beware of 7/1/22 Mandatory Paid & Unpaid Leave

If you have a single employee who works for two hours or more in a week in the city of West Hollywood, California, get ready for significant changes that take effect on July 1, 2022, that will impact your West Hollywood...more

President Biden Signs HR 4445 Limiting Scope of Employment Arbitration Agreements

To update our February 16, 2022 Blog, on March 3, 2022, President Biden signed the law amending the Federal Arbitration Act to prohibit mandatory arbitration of employee claims of sexual harassment or sexual assault....more

2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Poster Available

As we mentioned in our blog earlier this week, the 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave goes into effect on February 19, 2022 for California employers with more than 25 employees....more

Bipartisan Legislation Limiting Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment or Assault Claims Requires Employers to Re-Examine...

Over the course of three days, the House and Senate passed HR 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) that is expected to be signed...more

California Labor Commissioner Gives Insight into 2022’s Warehouse Distribution Quota Law

On September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 701, which creates new obligations for certain employers with warehouse distribution centers that use production quotas, effective January 1, 2022.  Under this new law,...more

California Expands Mandate for COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Retroactive to January 1, 2021

On March 29, 2021, California’s newest COVID-19-related legislation requires all employers with 25 or more employees to provide California employees up to 80 hours of COVID-19 paid sick leave. ...more

Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens Today for California Employers

As indicated recently, California’s Pay Data Reporting Act requires all private-sector employers with 100 or more employees, with at least one employee in California, to report pay and hours worked by employees by race,...more

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