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NY Governor considers pay transparency bill

Governor Kathy Hochul is considering a bill that would require New York employers with four or more employees to include compensation information on advertisements for any job, promotion, or transfer opportunity....more

NLRB general counsel issues guidance on bargaining obligations in relation to OSHA ETS

On November 10, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel (GC), issued a memorandum with its position on unionized employers’ bargaining obligations when implementing the Occupational Safety and...more

Recent New Jersey laws aim to combat worker misclassification

Building on efforts that began in early in his tenure, Governor Murphy of New Jersey recently signed four bills into law that expand the power of the state to identify and combat alleged worker misclassification....more

New Jersey Salary History Ban Goes into Effect on January 1, 2020

Employers beware: New Jersey’s salary history ban, signed this past summer, takes effect on January 1, 2020.  On that date, New Jersey will join several other states (including New York and California) by prohibiting private...more

U.S. Department of Labor Opines: Gig Economy Workers for Virtual Marketplace Company Have “Economic Independence”; Are Not...

In a lengthy April 29, 2019 Opinion Letter, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) examined the relationship between a virtual marketplace company (“VMC”) and its service providers.  Applying a six-factor test derived from U.S....more

New Jersey’s New Earned Sick Leave Act: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Just a reminder, the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Act (the “Act”) went into effect on October 29, 2018. Which employers are covered? The Act applies to all private New Jersey employers. ...more

New Jersey on Cusp of Rigorous Equal Pay Law

Last week, both houses of the New Jersey Legislature passed a sweeping equal pay bill that Governor Phil Murphy is expected to sign promptly. When passed into law, it will be one of the most strict equal pay statutes in the...more

Labor Department Launches Pilot Program For Employers to Self-Report Wage Violations

During a Congressional hearing on March 6th, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta unveiled a six-month pilot program intended to encourage employers to self-audit and self-report accidental violations of the Fair Labor Standards...more

NLRB Vacates Recent Decision Narrowing Joint-Employer Standard; Broad Browning-Ferris Test Back in Play For Now

As we previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) on December 14, 2017 issued a decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors scrapping a broad and controversial “joint employer” standard in favor of a...more

NLRB Reverses Several Obama-Era Decisions; Loosens Grip on Employers

In a flurry of decisions late last week, the newly-constituted majority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a number of decisions that signal a less interventionist approach with respect to the...more

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