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Workplace Stress in Mexico: 7 Considerations and Strategies for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 9/17/2024

Workplace stress affects millions globally, and Mexico has one of the highest rates of work-related stress in the world. Given this context, companies doing business in Mexico have become acutely aware of the significant...more

Election (Non)Interference: Update on State Voting Leave Requirements for Employers Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/26/2024

Millions of Americans will be headed to the polls on November 5, 2024, in what is shaping up to be an extremely close presidential election with high voter turnout. Employers may need to consider how employees’ voting time...more

2024 Employment Law Updates: Discussing FTC, NLRB, and Pay Equity Matters

DarrowEverett LLP on 8/7/2024

As we move into the latter half of 2024, several notable changes are shaking up employment law across the U.S. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to enforce a new rule banning most noncompete agreements starting...more

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

Littler on 6/21/2024

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

California Determined to Take Lead on AI Regulation: A Glance at The State’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Rules

Fisher Phillips on 3/18/2024

California wants to rein in artificial intelligence – and that means employers and businesses need to step up and pay attention. State lawmakers are considering more than 30 AI-related bills across a wide range of topics...more

AI and Accountability: A Look at the President's New Executive Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/3/2023

After observing that “Artificial intelligence offers enormous promise and great risk,” the Biden administration recently announced an Executive Order (the “Order”) setting the table for future government action in this...more

Historic NLRB Decision Changes When Employers Must Recognize and Bargain with Unions

Stevens & Lee on 8/25/2023

In a monumental sea change, on August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new rule for deciding when employers must bargain with...more

New Nationwide Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Workers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/13/2023

Two new federal laws expand the scope of existing protections for pregnant employees and nursing workers. Employers should carefully review existing accommodation and lactation policies and practices to ensure they are...more

Data Privacy Laws Zeroing in on Employees’ Rights

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 1/24/2023

Data privacy continues to be a primary focus of several recently enacted or amended state laws. Employees’ right to privacy is of particular interest in light of the various ways personnel can maintain connectivity to the...more

Following the Recent Regulatory Trends, NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Limit Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the...

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/17/2022

On October 31, 2022, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) released Memorandum GC 23-02 urging the Board to interpret existing Board law to adopt a new legal framework to find...more

What Obligations do Employers have to Provide Employees with Time off to Vote?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/3/2022

With the 2022 midterm elections fast approaching, and sky-high interest in voting this election cycle, more employers than ever may be considering their obligations to provide employees time off to vote. As it stands, 29...more

New Law Says Employees Can Refuse to Come to Work When Emergency Conditions Exist in the Workplace

Weintraub Tobin on 10/20/2022

On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1044 which grants new protections and rights to most California employees in the case of emergency conditions in the workplace....more

California’s FAST Recovery Act: A Game-Changer

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 9/13/2022

On September 5, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257, a controversial and far-reaching law that will have a major impact on California fast food employers and is likely to shape the way the state regulates...more

Canada: Employer COVID Vaccine Policies - Updated as of May 11

World Law Group on 5/16/2022

*Disclaimer: Given the speed at which new laws, regulations, and policies have been implemented to control the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that the responses below will be impacted.* Has vaccination been made mandatory...more

California Enacts (Retroactive) 2021 Emergency Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law

Littler on 3/22/2021

On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 95, which creates new Labor Code section 248.2 and mandates that employers provide employees with supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) for various...more

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act Gains Momentum

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/9/2021

U.S. House and Senate Democrats recently reintroduced the union-friendly Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021. According to its sponsors, the PRO Act “restores fairness to the economy by strengthening the...more

First Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine May Shed Light On Employer Parameters

Fisher Phillips on 3/8/2021

Contending that he could not be forced to be a “human guinea pig,” a New Mexico detention center officer has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the right of his employer to require first responders to receive the COVID-19...more

Election Season and the Workplace, Part 2: Political Leave Laws

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/17/2020

With Election Day just around the corner, we are highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a series of posts on election-related issues. In our first installment, we looked at employee protections around political...more

ESG Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings

White & Case LLP on 8/17/2020

These are unprecedented times, and companies are facing important issues as they navigate the current economic, political, and social climate. The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have put the spotlight on...more

ESG takes center stage amid economic crisis and social unrest

White & Case LLP on 8/7/2020

Strong ESG credentials and long-term plans to improve their relationship with society and the environment are increasingly important to ensure companies’ access to capital. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters...more

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders, as of July 2, 2020

Littler on 7/7/2020

Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers...more

Coronavirus and the Workplace: Employers Considering Taking Employees’ Temperatures at Work Should Proceed with Caution

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 3/16/2020

Most employers are making efforts to ensure that sick employees do not come to work. Because a fever may be a symptom of infection with the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”), some employers are considering taking their employees’...more

Financial Daily Dose 11.20.2019 | Top Story: Utility PG&E Struggles with Fires and Path Out of Bankruptcy

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/20/2019

PG&E’s woes continue. Not only is the company still in the midst of a dangerous fire season, but it’s struggling to find a path out of bankruptcy while fending off a growing chorus of cities and state officials “threatening...more

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on 11/18/2019

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

Is Foresight 2020? Employers Confront New Laws Taking Effect in the New Year

Littler on 11/14/2019

As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more

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