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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
“Follow me on Instagram, will you?” That may seem like a harmless question to a colleague, but starting soon, New York will ban most employer inquiries regarding an employee’s personal social media account....more
In March, the Second District Court of Appeal published Militello v. VFarm 1509. In that case, former business partners waged litigation against each other over a dispute centering on their vertically integrated cannabis...more
In an acknowledgement of the increase in remote work, on December 16, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S6805, which amends section 201 of the New York Labor Law to require New York State...more
In data 16 dicembre 2022, il governatore Kathy Hochul ha firmato un emendamento con efficacia immediata alla sezione 201 della legge sul lavoro ove si richiede che tutti gli annunci esposti obbligatoriamente nel luogo di...more
In addition to the increasing number of posters employers are required to physically display, effective December 16, 2022, New York employers must now furnish all employees with digital copies of all required posters via...more
On December 16, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to Labor Law Section 201, effective immediately, requiring that all mandatory workplace postings be made available to employees through the employer’s website or...more
Employee monitoring and tracking technologies implemented to ensure remote employee productivity for remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic need to be handled carefully. California employers seeking to learn whether...more
Whether because of our new "work from home" world or advances in technology (or both), many employers now electronically monitor their employees in the workplace. A variety of electronic surveillance techniques are...more
Employee communications and use of company devices are often key issues in trade secret and related litigation. United States law, for the most part, has been very supportive of an employer’s ability to engage in aggressive...more
Keypoint: As of May 7, 2022, New York employers that monitor or intercept employee emails, internet usage, or telephone communications must provide written notice to those employees....more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill (SB) S2628 into law on Nov. 8, 2021. The law, which takes effect on May 7, 2022, requires every private-sector employer to provide notice of its electronic monitoring practices to...more
Recognizing that workers are increasingly working from home or in places other than an employer’s worksite, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued proposed regulations on March 21, 2022, that would allow...more
New York businesses face not one, but two new laws which significantly impact employers and take effect next month. The first requires employers in New York City to provide salary ranges when advertising employment...more
On November 8, 2021, New York amended its Civil Rights Law to require employers to notify employees if their use of e-mail, telephone systems, computer systems and the like are subject to monitoring or interception by the...more
Beginning May 7, 2022, employers that monitor their employees’ electronic communications are required to provide written notice to current employees and to new employees, upon hiring. The new legislation, signed into law on...more
New York recently enacted a law governing employee monitoring. The law applies to New York employers who monitor employees through electronic devices. This includes monitoring of telephone, emails, and internet access or...more
It’s a new dawn of electronic monitoring in New York, as employers will soon be required to disclose the extent of their electronic monitoring of employees in the workplace. On November 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul...more
New York employers who monitor employee’s telephone calls, e-mails, or internet use must soon provide written notice to employees. The change comes during an era where many employees are communicating with each other via...more
The Alaska Legislature has passed Senate Bill 24, which allows business entities to hold meetings and conduct business by “remote communication.” On March 22, it initiated sending the Bill to the Governor, who is expected to...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
New York City Councilman Rafael Espinal has proposed a bill which would prohibit private-sector employers from requiring their employees to access work-related electronic communications outside of their usual work hours. This...more