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[Webinar] What’s on the Horizon in Employment Law? - March 27th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT

Williams Mullen on 3/14/2025

Join us for a Virginia legislative update on employment laws and various employment law initiatives of the Trump Administration, presented by Williams Mullen and the Hampton Roads Alliance....more

States’ Increased Policing of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Serves as Important Reminder to Employers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/17/2023

Employers’ burgeoning use and reliance upon artificial intelligence has paved the way for an increasing number of states to implement legislation governing its use in employment decisions. Illinois enacted first-of-its-kind...more

Now That They Are Finished: Developments From the 2023 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 6/19/2023

The 2023 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly, which concluded on June 7, 2023, was not as groundbreaking as other recent legislative sessions, Many far-reaching bills that emerged from committee were not...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Two-Wage and...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 4/19/2023

We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here...more

Developments From The 2022 Session of The Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers (UPDATED)

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 8/18/2022

We had originally written about employment-related legislation from the 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly in the aftermath of the conclusion of the session. The Aftermath: Developments from the 2022...more

The Aftermath: Developments from the 2022 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 6/22/2022

The 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on May 4, 2022. While not as groundbreaking as the two last full legislative sessions, and while many far-reaching bills that emerged from committee were...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak (UPDATED)

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 3/16/2022

At its March 10, 2022 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more

Now They Are Finally Finished: Developments from the 2021 Regular and Special Sessions of The Connecticut General Assembly...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 7/23/2021

The 2021 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on June 9, 2021, and this office provided a summary of relevant employment related legislation. Subsequently, a “Special Session” took place and...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Two-Expansion...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 5/3/2021

RELIANCE UPON PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORDS BY EMPLOYERS: H.B. No. 6474 (“An Act Concerning Collateral Employment Consequences Of A Criminal Record”) would, among other things, prohibit all employers from denying employment on the...more

They’re Back! What Should Employers Expect from the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly Session?

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 2/18/2020

On February 5, 2020, the 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly began. The session is scheduled to adjourn on May 6, 2020. Numerous proposed bills affecting Connecticut employers and employees will be unleashed...more

Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor’s ‘Ban-the-Box’ Veto

Morgan Lewis on 2/11/2020

Maryland employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal history during early stages of the hiring process. ...more

Maryland Legislation Override’s Governor’s Veto and Reinstates “Ban the Box”

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 2/11/2020

During the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed a new bill called “Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box),” which prohibited certain employers from inquiring about an applicant’s “criminal...more

Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor’s Veto and Restores Ban-the-Box Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/7/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 30, 2020, the Maryland General Assembly voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s May 2019 veto of the Act Concerning Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box) (the “Act”). As a result, effective...more

Ohio Supreme Court Crushes "Fannie Lewis Law" in Cleveland - Reverses Court of Appeals in Hot Debate

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 9/27/2019

Ohio local hiring laws affecting contractors are destroyed, for now. Municipalities will no longer be able to force local hiring upon contractors for various jobs. This especially impacts large cities and their citizens...more

New Colorado Employment Laws from 2019 Legislative Session

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 8/2/2019

Led by Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, the Colorado General Assembly passed multiple important employment-related bills during its 2019 legislative session. Colorado’s new Democratic Governor, Jared...more

An Update on Maryland’s “Ban the Box”

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/3/2019

Immediately following the close of the 2019 legislative session, this blog released a summary of the three new bills that could impact your workforce. One of those bills, the “Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the...more

Three Significant New Maryland Laws That Could Impact Your Workforce

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 5/2/2019

Coming out of the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed several new bills that will impact employers in Maryland. Three of the most significant ones are described here...more

ALERT - CT Legislative Update

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 8/3/2018

The 2018 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly passed bills that, among other things: (1) revise the Student Data Privacy Act; (2) address budgetary issues stemming from attempts at reducing and rescinding...more

Virginia General Assembly to Tackle a Variety of Privacy Related Bills

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/23/2018

The Virginia General Assembly is underway and several privacy related bills are on the legislative agenda for 2018. The Virginia legislature will consider approximately 3,000 bills during its 60-day session that will end in...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak - April 2017

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 4/12/2017

We earlier had written on Working Together about the proposed bills that the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee voted favorably on and advanced out of committee at its February 21, 2017 and March 2, 2017...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak - March 2017

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 3/13/2017

At its February 21, 2017 and March 2, 2017 meetings, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a listing (with a brief description) of the proposed...more

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Hiring & Firing › General Assembly

[Webinar] What’s on the Horizon in Employment Law? - March 27th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT

States’ Increased Policing of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Serves as Important Reminder to Employers

Now That They Are Finished: Developments From the 2023 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Two-Wage and...

Developments From The 2022 Session of The Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers (UPDATED)

The Aftermath: Developments from the 2022 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Employers

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak (UPDATED)

Now They Are Finally Finished: Developments from the 2021 Regular and Special Sessions of The Connecticut General Assembly...

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Two-Expansion...

They’re Back! What Should Employers Expect from the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly Session?

Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor’s ‘Ban-the-Box’ Veto

Maryland Legislation Override’s Governor’s Veto and Reinstates “Ban the Box”

Maryland General Assembly Overrides Governor’s Veto and Restores Ban-the-Box Law

Ohio Supreme Court Crushes "Fannie Lewis Law" in Cleveland - Reverses Court of Appeals in Hot Debate

New Colorado Employment Laws from 2019 Legislative Session

An Update on Maryland’s “Ban the Box”

Three Significant New Maryland Laws That Could Impact Your Workforce

ALERT - CT Legislative Update

Virginia General Assembly to Tackle a Variety of Privacy Related Bills

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak - April 2017

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak - March 2017

“EEO” Wrongful Discharge May Soon Return To North Carolina

The Aftermath: Developments From The 2016 Session of The Connecticut General Assembly Affecting The Workplace

Key Legislation Emerging from the 2016 Maryland General Assembly Session and Local Ordinances to Remember

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: February 16th Public Hearing

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