News & Analysis as of

Criminal Liability State Labor Laws

BakerHostetler

Viral Layoffs: Important Considerations for Employment Actions in the Digital Age

BakerHostetler on

Social media usage remains ubiquitous in 2024, and a recent trend sees the increased use of social media by employees to document their experiences with layoffs and disciplinary actions in the workplace. ...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

New York Wage Theft Claims: New Developments

Smith Gambrell Russell on

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation (S.B. 5572) that, effective March 13, 2024, will change the salary threshold governing various exemptions under Article 6 of the New York Labor Law (“NYLL”). For...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Rhode Island Employers Take Note – New Penalties for Wage & Hour Violations Begin January 1, 2024

Bowditch & Dewey on

As of January 1, 2024, a new amendment to the Rhode Island Payment of Wages Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-14-1, et seq. (the “Wage Act”) will impose criminal liability for certain wage and hour violations by Rhode Island...more

Littler

Rhode Island’s Amended Payment of Wages Act Now Imposes Felony Penalties on Employers

Littler on

Effective January 1, 2024, the Rhode Island Payment of Wages Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-14-1, et seq. (“Wage Act”) will make a “knowing[] and willful[]” wage and hour violation punishable as a criminal felony.  Should an...more

Benesch

New Legislation Introduced to Protect and Expand Employee Rights and Benefits in New York

Benesch on

On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation making failure to pay wages a criminal offense. The new law, (S2832-A/A154-A), expands New York’s definition of larceny to include “wage theft,”...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Colorado Cracks Down on Restrictive Covenant Agreements, Authorizing Potential Criminal Penalties

Colorado has enlisted the help of the criminal justice system to reinforce its strong public policy against restrictive covenants. Beginning on March 1, 2022, violations of Colorado’s restrictive covenants statute, C.R.S. §...more

Littler

Colorado Criminalizes Certain Restrictive Covenants

Littler on

Colorado’s legal landscape continues to shift. Through one sentence in a 304-page bill enacted in 2021, SB 21-271 criminalized violations of Colorado’s restrictive-covenant statute, section 8-2-113, C.R.S.  Effective March 1,...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Isn’t it Grand? New Law Provides That Wage Theft Can Be Charged as Grand Theft

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on

Under Assembly Bill 1003, which becomes effective on January 1, 2022, the intentional theft of wages in an amount greater than $950 from any one employee, or $2,350 in the aggregate from 2 or more employees, by an employer in...more

BCLP

Changes and Developments in California Employment Laws for 2022

BCLP on

As 2021 quickly comes to a close, we look back at this year’s legislative session, which included several employment-related bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, including bills aimed at prohibiting quotas that interfere...more

Fisher Phillips

California Employers Face Criminal Liability for Intentional Unpaid Wages Under Newly Signed Law

Fisher Phillips on

California Governor Newsom signed into law yesterday a bill which makes intentional “wage theft” by employers a form of grand theft and thus a felony in the state of California. AB 1003 obviously ups the ante for employers...more

Woods Rogers

Virginia Federal Court Dismisses Employee's COVID-19-Related Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Woods Rogers on

For Virginia employers, 2020 has turned their world upside down between the complicated issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic and a wave of new state employment laws.  However, a recent decision issued in the United...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Has the Dust Settled? Interpreting Minnesota’s New Wage Theft Law in the Face of Constantly-Changing DOLI Guidance

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on

It has been nearly three months since Minnesota’s Wage Theft Statute took effect, and the initial confusion felt by employers and employees alike is starting to subside. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI)...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

What Employers Need to Know About New Jersey's Tough New Wage Theft Law

Flaster Greenberg PC on

On August 6, 2019, New Jersey amended its Wage and Hour Law and adopted the new Wage Theft Act (WTA), creating one of the toughest wage and hour enforcement laws in the country. This law puts a high burden on employers and...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Minnesota Enacts Sweeping Revisions to Wage-and-Hour Laws to Combat Wage Theft

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on

The Minnesota legislature recently enacted sweeping revisions to the state’s wage-and-hour laws to combat “wage theft.” The revisions are wide-ranging. The key takeaways are: Effective July 1, 2019, employers face more...more

Jones Day

Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry: What Industry Participants Should Do to Protect Themselves and Their Customers

Jones Day on

In 2016 alone, 4.8 million people were victims of forced sexual exploitation worldwide. Nearly 200,000 were trafficked in the Americas, and more than one million were children. Moreover, data from the National Human...more

Fisher Phillips

New Colorado Law Will Soon Criminalize Wage Violations

Fisher Phillips on

Under a new law signed by Governor Jared Polis on May 16th, 2019, Colorado employers will soon face potential criminal charges for failure to pay wages. Once the new law takes effect on January 1, 2020, you will need to ramp...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide