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Texas Court Blocks FTC’s Noncompete Ban

On August 20, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission issued an order blocking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule banning all post-employment noncompete...more

Massachusetts’ Pay Transparency/Data Reporting Law Imposes New Compliance Obligations Beginning February 2025

On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey enacted a sweeping pay transparency law that imposes new requirements on covered employers with Massachusetts-based employees. As detailed below, An Act Relative to Salary...more

Texas Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking FTC’s Noncompete Ban

On July 3, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order temporarily enjoining the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from implementing or enforcing its rule banning nearly all post-employment...more

Maryland’s New Pay Transparency Law Effective October 1, 2024

On October 1, 2024, Maryland’s House Bill 649 law takes effect, extending pay transparency requirements for Maryland employers. The law applies to all employers “engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other...more

FTC Passes Sweeping Noncompete Ban

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3 – 2 in favor of banning all post-employment noncompete agreements. The ban will take effect 120 days after the final rule is published in the Federal Register....more

What’s New and What’s on the Horizon?

As we reported in October 2023, noncompete agreements continue to receive widespread scrutiny – a trend that has continued in the first quarter of 2024. In this update, we describe what you need to know about the latest...more

District of Columbia Joins Pay Transparency Bandwagon

On June 30, 2024, the District of Columbia Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023 takes effect, paving the way for new pay transparency obligations for DC employers. The amendment, which Mayor Muriel Bowser...more

California Releases Workplace Violence Prevention Guidance

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently published guidance to assist employers in complying with Senate Bill 553 ahead of the law’s employer compliance date of July 1, 2024. As we reported...more

Year-End Tasks for US Employers Facing Compliance Obligations

In recent years, we have seen numerous notable employment and labor law developments annually, and 2023 was no exception. As the year comes to a close, US employers should take time to prepare for 2024 by reviewing their key...more

California Employers Facing New Employment Laws for 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed several new employment laws impacting California employers. Unless otherwise specified, those laws, which are summarized below, take effect on January 1, 2024....more

How Does the Latest Crackdown on Noncompete Agreements Affect Employers?

Noncompete agreements have come increasingly under attack at the federal and state level in 2023. In this alert, we review notable recent developments on the legality of continuing to use noncompete agreements in the...more

What’s Required Now and What’s Next?

As the summer winds down, multistate employers must remain apprised of an ever-increasing number of obligations in the area of pay transparency. Below, we highlight recent developments to existing pay transparency laws,...more

USCIS Launches New Form I-9, Alternative Procedure for Virtual Documentation Inspection

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently launched a new Form I-9 for employers verifying employment eligibility and announced a new alternative procedure permitting certain employers to inspect employees’...more

Colorado Enacts New Protections for Employees

In June 2023, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law the Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (POWR) Act, which, among other things, substantially limits the use of nondisclosure agreements, lowers the burden of...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Employers Evaluating Religious Accommodation Requests

On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued a decision clarifying the standard employers must apply in considering an employee’s religious accommodation request under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. In Groff v. DeJoy,...more

Key Principles From EEOCs Latest Guidance on Employers Use of AI Tools

Recently, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made clear that it intends to make discrimination caused by artificial intelligence (AI) tools an enforcement priority over the next four years. This enforcement...more

Form I-9 Remote Flexibilities to End on July 31, 2023

On May 4, 2023, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the temporary COVID-19 flexibilities permitting remote Form I-9 identification inspections will expire...more

NLRB Reverts to Prior Policy Restricting Employee Nondisparagement and Confidentiality Provisions

On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) returned to long-standing precedent that an employer may not offer severance conditioned on an employee’s agreement to broad nondisparagement and confidentiality...more

Washington State’s Silenced No More Act: What Employers Need to Know

Background Washington state’s Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795, also known as the Silenced No More Act, took effect June 9, 2022, and prohibits nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions that prevent an employee or...more

District of Columbia’s Ban on Non Competes Delayed Until October 2022

On March 28, 2022, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Applicability Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, which postpones the effective date of DC’s near-total ban on non-compete...more

Alert: Virginia Enacts Permanent COVID-19 Employee Health and Workplace Safety Regulations

On January 13, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Safety and Health Codes Board voted to enact a permanent workplace safety rule to protect employees from COVID-19 exposure, making Virginia one of the first...more

Alert: End-of-Year Employer Reminders Regarding COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave, Reporting Obligations in California

With legislative activity around COVID-19 is continuing at a steady pace, it is easy to lose track of the myriad requirements applicable to employers, especially those requirements applicable to employees reporting into a...more

Alert: US Supreme Court Recognizes Title VII Protections to LGBTQ Employees

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States "at last" issued a 6-3 decision in which it "did not hesitate" to extend protection under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to gay and transgender workers....more

Alert: EEO-1 Employers Must Submit Pay Data to the EEOC in 2019

On April 3, 2019, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted a proposed plan to delay the collection of employee pay data from May 31, 2019, to September 30, 2019. The EEOC's proposal was filed in...more

Alert: Ninth Circuit Adopts New, Stricter Interpretation of FCRA Requirement for Standalone Background Check Disclosure

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act protects the rights of employment candidates and employees when the employer seeks a consumer report, commonly known as a background check, conducted by a third-party investigator. Many...more

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