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NJ Continues Its Aggressive Crackdown on Independent Contractor Misclassification

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a legislative package into law on July 8, 2021 that increases enforcement mechanisms for state agencies to impose a variety of penalties against employers who...more

Reminder: NYC Law Ending At-Will Employment for Fast-Food Industry Takes Effect July 4

New York City’s new law severely limiting at-will employment in the fast-food industry is scheduled to go into effect on July 4, 2021.  Although a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the law is pending, covered employers should be...more

NY HERO Act Update: Employer-Friendly Amendments Enacted

The amendments to the NY HERO Act have been officially enacted and are now part of the statute. Those amendments clarify various deadlines and modify certain obligations to facilitate compliance by employers....more

NY HERO Act Update: Proposed Amendments Would Provide Some Relief for Employers

The New York Legislature is considering amendments to the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”) that would address some concerns raised by the business community. The proposals would clarify the timelines...more

NY Hero Act Update: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill But Promises Amendments

On May 5, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (“NY HERO Act”), a first-of-its kind law designed to protect against the spread of airborne infectious diseases in the workplace. But his...more

Pennsylvania Announces Most COVID Restrictions to be Lifted by Memorial Day

The Wolf Administration announced that, effective May 31, 2021, all statewide COVID mitigation restrictions (other than the masking mandate) will be lifted.  Certain masking requirements will remain in effect until 70% of the...more

New York State Enacts Worker Safety Legislation and Considers Other Employee-Friendly Bills

The New York State Legislature is keeping busy with new employment legislation as the local and national economies continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Narrows Scope of Ministerial Exception

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the most recent decision to consider the intersection between religion and employment law, Massachusetts’s highest court in DeWeese-Boyd v. Gordon Coll., No. SJC-12988., 2021 WL 841932 (Mass. Mar. 05,...more

NYC Issues Final Rule Regarding Religious and Race Hairstyle Discrimination

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York City recently published regulations finalizing its prior guidance regarding race-based hairstyle discrimination, and also confirming that religious-based hairstyle discrimination, including for...more

Connecticut Joins Growing List of States to Ban Hairstyle Discrimination

Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will...more

Expense Reimbursements in the Era of Remote Working

Seyfarth Synopsis: The COVID-19 pandemic thrust remote working upon many employers without notice or adequate time to prepare. Now that employees are settling into longer-term remote working arrangements, employers are...more

At-Will No More: NYC Council Passes Just-Cause Termination and Progressive Discipline Requirements for Fast-Food Employers

The NYC Council has passed two bills that will end traditional at-will employment for fast-food employers in New York City.  The bills were sent to Mayor Bill de Blasio for signature on December 17, 2020 and will take effect...more

Pennsylvania Issues 3-Week COVID Mitigation Orders Impacting Many Businesses

Governor Wolf and Health Secretary Levine issued temporary mitigation measures to curb the rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths across Pennsylvania.  The measures took effect as of Saturday, December 12 and will remain in effect...more

New York Amends State WARN Law

Effective November 11, 2020, New York amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY WARN Act”) by expanding the government entities that must receive notice of a NY WARN Act triggering event, such as a...more

Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Issue New COVID Mitigation Orders Affecting Business and Travel

As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced additional mitigation orders on November 17, 2020 relating to interstate travel and mask wearing.  These...more

Federal Judge Rules PA COVID Shutdown Orders Unconstitutional – Governor Plans to Appeal

On Monday, September 14, 2020, a federal judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania held that significant portions of Governor Wolf’s COVID-19 related shutdown orders were unconstitutional.  Importantly, the Court’s ruling...more

Pennsylvania Announces Frontline Employee Hazard Pay Funding for Eligible Employers

Governor Wolf announced on July 16, 2020 the creation of the COVID-19 Pennsylvania Hazard Pay Grant Program which provides employer funding for frontline worker pay premiums of businesses in eligible industries. ...more

Pennsylvania Mandates Telework (If Possible) and Imposes Other Business Restrictions Due to Rising COVID Cases

On July 15, 2020, the Wolf Administration announced an executive order imposing various restrictions that are set to go into effect as of 12:01 a.m. on July 16, 2020....more

Tri-State Travel Advisory Updates Continue; Pennsylvania Clarifies its Travel Advisory is Not Mandatory

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have updated the list of states subject to 14-day quarantine provisions, and New York has begun implementing enforcement measures.  ...more

US Supreme Court Expands Ministerial Exception for Religious Organizations

Seyfarth Synopsis: In another high-profile religion school case this term, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru that the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses foreclosed the adjudication...more

Pennsylvania Issues Mask Mandate and Travel Advisory

After a sustained period of decreasing cases and a phased reopening plan now nearly complete, Pennsylvania has begun to see a rise in COVID-19 cases in certain regions of the state.  The Wolf Administration has responded by...more

US Supreme Court Landmark Decision Prohibits States from Limiting Aid to Religious Schools That is Available to Secular Schools

In another high-profile 5-4 decision, the majority of the United States Supreme Court ruled on June 30 in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue that Montana’s Supreme Court violated the U.S. Constitution when it struck...more

All of Pennsylvania (Except Lebanon County) Eligible to “Go Green” June 26th for In-Person Business — But Philadelphia Will Go...

On June 19, Governor Wolf announced that 12 of the remaining 13 counties in the Commonwealth’s Yellow phase of reopening will be eligible to move into the Green phase this coming Friday, June 26....more

New Jersey Releases Required Misclassification Notice

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development released the required notice pertaining to misclassification of employees, which must be conspicuously posted by New Jersey employers. The law went...more

Philadelphia Issues Local Reopening Guidance as Employers Prepare to Reopen under Yellow Phase

Despite some concern over the large protests over the past week, local and state officials have confirmed that the City of Philadelphia will enter the “Yellow” phase of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan. ...more

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