On September 13, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the “SJC”) ruled that the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (the “Act”) does not guarantee the accrual of benefits such as sick leave, vacation leave…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law
Effective November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (the “Department”) required employers to permit an employee, in the employee’s sole discretion, to supplement or “top off” their Massachusetts…
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As the workplace continues to take a new shape, the distinction between “workplace conduct” and “off duty” conduct continues to fade for many. After a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, employers must be more vigilant than ever in…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law
Political conflicts in the workplace will only grow as we near election day, and this means human resources professionals and in house counsel need to hone their conflict resolution skills. Resolving political conflict in the…
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/ Civil Rights, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
You’re a foreign company looking to set up shop in the United States. You have weighed the pros and cons of expanding your business into the United States, c..onfirmed the compatibility of any products or services you offer with…
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/ Business Organizations, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law
On August 14th, a second federal judge, this time out of the Middle District of Florida, temporarily blocked the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements, but only as to the named plaintiff in that case. In Properties of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Massachusetts has passed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”), which means that pay transparency and pay data reporting requirements will soon become official. In advance of the effective dates in…
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Aggrieved employee is any person who was employed by the alleged violator and against whom one or more of the alleged violations was committed. An “aggrieved employee” is any person who was employed by the alleged violator and…
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On July 3, 2024, the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted a preliminary injunction staying the effective date of the FTC’s non-compete rule and enjoining the…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Maryland was one of the first states to implement a pay transparency law in 2020, and now it joins several states in broadening that law to require employers to disclose a wage range for open positions (Washington, D.C.’s pay…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
New York employers are now required to provide up to 30 minutes of paid break time each time an employee has a reasonable need to express breast milk. While New York employers have been required to provide breaks to nursing…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On June 18, 2024, Governor Newsom, in collaboration with legislative leaders, unveiled a landmark agreement to reform the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The agreement comes before California voters could weigh in on the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which has been in force since June 27, 2023, expands protections for individuals by requiring covered employers make reasonable accommodations to “known limitations” related to…
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A gentle reminder for California employers: the clock is ticking on your obligations to prepare a workplace violence prevention plan and conduct a training session on that plan under California’s new violence prevention plan law…
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/ Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEOC”) has issued its final guidance on “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace,” the first of its kind in over 20 years. This final guidance builds on a variety of…
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