This quarter, we continue to highlight the ever-changing state and local employment law landscape. New state laws that took effect during the fourth quarter of 2024 or as of January 1, 2025, continue to focus on increasing...more
Air Transport Association of America, Inc., doing business as Airlines for America (A4A), filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on December 30, 2024 (the Complaint), seeking a declaratory...more
After filing to vacate the Department of Labor’s (DOL) promulgation of a new overtime rule, the State of Texas and other plaintiffs recently won their case in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas....more
11/26/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas overturned the 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule (the 2024 Rule) increasing the salary threshold for certain exempt employees under the Fair Labor...more
11/26/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
With Election Day around the corner and voters across the country preparing to cast their ballots, it is important for employers to review and understand their obligations related to employee voting leave as well as other...more
On August 12, 2024, the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), a Colorado-based nonprofit that supports evangelical Christian schools, filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) challenging...more
As we reported in an alert last year, in 2023 the Minnesota Legislature enacted sweeping changes to the employment law landscape through the Jobs and Economic Development and Labor Omnibus Budget Bill. Now, Governor Tim Walz...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several laws impacting California employers in 2023. Some of the new laws became effective immediately and others, including some that were signed into law just weeks ago, take effect...more
In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed many laws impacting California employers. Some of the new laws became effective immediately and others, including some that were signed into law just weeks ago, take effect January...more
10/14/2022
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Human Trafficking ,
Layoffs ,
Marijuana ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
In April 2022, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed Frontline Worker Payments into law to aid Minnesotans who worked in one of 15 frontline sectors identified in the legislation. The public purpose of the law is to “provide...more
In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several laws impacting California employers. The new laws — some of which were signed into law just weeks ago — address several topics including sick leave, worker...more
10/21/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Classification ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Governor Newsom ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local “stay at home” orders and the resulting financial and business impact, many employers have implemented or are considering a range of workforce planning alternatives to...more
Effective January 1, 2020, the Minneapolis Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance subjects employers with employees working in Minneapolis to written notice and other obligations that go beyond the requirements of the statewide wage...more
On November 7, 2019, a bill was introduced in the New Jersey legislature that would, like California’s AB 5, make it much more difficult for companies to classify workers as independent contractors....more
The California legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom considered and ultimately passed a number of significant laws in 2019 that will affect California employers beginning January 1, 2020. The new laws – some of which were...more
10/31/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Employee Definition ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Race Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
A new wage theft ordinance coming to the City of Minneapolis in 2020 places more stringent requirements on employers than the new statewide wage theft law that took effect on July 1, 2019. On August 8, the Minneapolis City...more
Effective July 1, 2019, all Minnesota employers are subject to new record-keeping and written notice requirements intended to discourage and punish employer “wage theft” and provide added transparency to workers about the...more
Minnesota employers should familiarize themselves and prepare to comply with new record-keeping and written notice requirements of the wage theft provisions that are set to go into effect on July 1, 2019 and that will likely...more
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
Continuing its active involvement in regulating the employer-employee relationship, in 2018 the California legislature again enacted many new laws affecting California employers....more
12/18/2018
/ Board of Directors ,
Diversity ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
FEHA ,
Human Trafficking ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Whether launching an innovative startup or opening a new office in the U.S. for an established international business, employers should be aware of important immigration and compliance considerations.
This article provides...more
8/23/2018
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Independent Contractors ,
Startups ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Wage and Hour
Nearly all Massachusetts employers, as well as out-of-state employers with employees whose primary place of work is in Massachusetts, will be covered by the new Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) beginning July 1, 2018. By...more
Following its pattern in recent years, in 2017 the California legislature enacted many new laws affecting California employers.
The new laws address several topics, including: -
Broader gender-related discrimination,...more
1/17/2018
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Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHA ,
Form I-9 ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Parental Leave ,
Retaliation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
Beginning January 1, 2018, California employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history. California joins a small but growing group of states and cities that have enacted similar measures,...more
The Washington, D.C. Council recently passed the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 (UPLA), one of the nation’s most generous paid family and medical leave proposals to date. The bill will become law upon signature or inaction...more