Employers in Maryland and Virginia should be aware of new laws that affect non-compete, confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-disparagement provisions in pre-dispute agreements that are provided to employees at the onset...more
10/30/2023
/ Confidential Information ,
Maryland ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Virginia
Calculating overtime pay for tipped employees working in multiple positions at different rates in a single workweek can be confusing. So confusing, in fact, that we discovered that even the District of Columbia’s Department...more
10/10/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Guidance Update ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Guidance ,
Over-Time ,
Rate of Pay ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
As we discussed yesterday at Mintz Levin’s Third Annual Employment Law Summit, big changes are likely in the offing as all three branches of our federal government begin to deal with labor and employment issues following...more
4/10/2017
/ Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Joint Employers ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The District of Columbia, Maryland (including Montgomery County) witnessed an active 2016 with respect to new and amended workplace laws that impose additional responsibilities on employers, and expand employee rights and...more
3/2/2017
/ Employment Tax ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Leave ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
Tipped Employees ,
Veterans ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act