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(Podcast) California Employment News: AB 2499 – Expanded Rights & Protections for Victims of Violence in the Workplace
California Employment News: AB 2499 – Expanded Rights & Protections for Victims of Violence in the Workplace
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On May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate voted 22-11 to repeal portions of Proposition A, the voter-approved initiative that increases the state’s minimum wage and requires employers to provide earned paid sick leave....more
On April 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Missouri upheld Proposition A, the voter-approved initiative that mandates paid sick time and raised the minimum wage....more
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with other Missouri business groups, recently filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Missouri attempting to stop Proposition A from taking effect. The lawsuit asserts five...more
On December 2, 2024, a Dane County, Wisconsin Circuit Court issued a landmark decision striking down portions of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 (“Act 10”) and thus affecting the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees...more
On July 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Uber Technologies Inc. (“Uber”) and Lyft Inc. (“Lyft”) can continue classifying their California drivers as independent contractors....more
In November 2023, soon after Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed amendments to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”), several staffing agencies and associations sued for an injunction against...more
In the 2020 general election, Californians passed Proposition 22, which gave ride-sharing and delivery app companies such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash the ability to continue classify their drivers as independent contractors. ...more
In an unexpected blow to gig economy companies in California, a state court judge just reversed the will of voters and overturned the law created by ballot measure that ensured that app-based rideshare and delivery drivers...more
Just two months after 58% of Californians voted it into effect and not even one month after it became law of the state, a group of workers and a major union have filed suit to overturn the results of Proposition 22, the...more
AB 5, California’s hastily passed and controversial independent contractor statute, which codifies the use of an “ABC test,” is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. Already, the California Trucking Association has filed...more
On December 18, 2019, the Michigan Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on whether the Michigan legislature’s strategy to enact two ballot proposals (one concerning paid sick leave and the other minimum wage) and...more
In response to a lawsuit filed by a number of San Antonio business groups, the San Antonio City Council approved certain revisions to the city’s paid sick leave (PSL) ordinance, including renaming it the Sick and Safe Leave...more
On September 24, 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court announced the General Assembly has broad authority to regulate public-works contracts that subject Ohio’s workers to residency preferences or restrictions. In The City of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Members of the plaintiffs’ bar submit about 500 PAGA notices each month to California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Each notice presages yet another PAGA lawsuit against yet another hapless...more
A bitterly divided state Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s right-to-work law by a 4-3 vote Thursday, cementing Kentucky’s status as one of 27 states in the country to have such a law on the books. Although the law was...more