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Understanding Massachusetts' New Pay Transparency and Reporting Requirements

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Massachusetts employers should be aware of a new Massachusetts law that will have an impact on their hiring practices and reporting requirements in 2025. Massachusetts recently joined a growing number of states by enacting a...more

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Massachusetts Enacts New Pay Transparency Requirements for Employers

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On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy signed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the Pay Transparency Act), which will implement pay-transparency requirements for certain employers. The new...more

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What Employers Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law

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On July 24, the Massachusetts Legislature passed legislation that will impact many Massachusetts employers in terms of their “pay transparency practices” for current employees and future applicants....more

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Ontario Updates: New Fines for ESA Contraventions, and Working for Workers Five Act (Bill 190) Proposed

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On May 6, 2024, the Ontario Government introduced Bill 190, the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (“Bill 190”), which, if passed, will provide new protections for workers, the key details of which are summarized below. The...more

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DOL Releases Annual Fine Increases for Immigration-Related Violations

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its new immigration-related fines/penalties, effective January 15, 2024. Immigration-related violations before the DOL involve these visas: H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B. These increases...more

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Online retailer slapped with fine for late payment of wages

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An online luxury retail company was fined HKD 145,000 by a court in Hong Kong for failing to pay the wages of eleven of its employees on time....more

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UK Illegal Working Fines Triple

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Fines are set to more than triple for employers and landlords who employ or rent to those without permission to work or rent—the biggest shake up of civil penalties since 2014—the Home Office has announced. These higher...more

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Contract Worker Rights: New Jersey & Illinois Break the Mold

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Groundbreaking employment legislation for contract worker rights in New Jersey (NJ) is now law. NJ is the first US state to mandate equal pay for temporary workers, followed closely by Illinois. Effective August 5, the...more

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Ensure I-9 Compliance To Avoid Steep Fines

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On November 6, 1986, the U.S. Government enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act requiring employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all individuals hired to perform labor or services in the United...more

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DOL Proposed Rule Moves Revised Employee/Independent Contractor Classification Framework Forward

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On October 13, 2022, a new proposed rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) in connection with the classification of employees and independent contractors will be published in the Federal Register and on...more

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New Jersey Management-Side Lawyers Bemoan Latest Legislative Attacks On The Business Community Over Independent Contractor...

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I have written a few times on the new, very aggressive, enforcement measures that the New Jersey legislature has recently taken on the issue of misclassification. On this troubling note, I just read an article where other...more

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Large Fines Assessed Under Chicago and Cook County Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

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In 2016, the City of Chicago and Cook County passed matching paid sick leave ordinances to become effective in 2017. The ordinances, though a watershed moment in the Chicagoland area for employee paid sick time, would become...more

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Patchwork Of Pay Transparency Laws Continues To Evolve

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State legislatures continue to pass laws designed to enhance pay equity and transparency, with the laws of California and Colorado effective in 2021. The California law requires employee pay data reporting by race and gender,...more

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EMPLOYERS BEWARE: California Labor Commissioner Issues ‘Retaliation’ Fine After Employee Complaints about COVID Safety Measures

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California’s Labor Commissioner issued a $125,913 fine against a McDonald’s franchisee for retaliating against its former employee who allegedly complained about COVID safety issues before being terminated.  The Labor...more

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New Jersey Continues to Expand Worker Protections – New Protections for Misclassified Workers; New Potential Liability

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In addition to bolstering the provisions of its mini-WARN Act (see Part I), New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy also recently signed into law expansive provisions aimed at deterring worker misclassification....more

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Unpaid work – Beware the offer of a ‘free lunch’

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The line between lawful and unlawful unpaid work is not always clear. Many companies are contacted by people offering to work on a voluntary basis. It is often pitched as a “win-win” because the person is willing to work...more

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Littler Global Guide - Saudi Arabia - Q3 2019

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The amendment, among other things, permits women over the age of 21 to obtain passports and travel abroad without the need to secure the permission of their “guardians,” and also seeks to create equality as between males and...more

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National Employment Perspective: Focus on California - Limiting Employee Recovery under California PAGA Actions

With the advent of California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), employees can step into the shoes of a state attorney general and bring lawsuits against their employers, seeking civil penalties for Labor Code...more

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New York Safe and Sick Time Act Amendments and Investigations

Since the May 5, 2018, amendment of the New York Safe and Sick Time Act (20 NYCRR §§ 20-911 et seq), the New York Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has ramped up compliance investigations of employers, issuing Notices of...more

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France Imposes Fine for Unauthorized Use of Fingerprint Timeclocks

French data protection authority CNIL has issued a fine against company Assistance Centre d’Appel related to the use of biometric technology in the workplace. During an audit at the end of 2016, CNIL found that the company...more

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California Companies Can Be Fined for Hiring the Wrong Janitorial Service

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Beyond price and service, should companies care about the janitorial service they hire? With provisions of the California Property Service Workers Protection Act taking effect on July 1, 2018, and the Labor Commissioner...more

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Chicago Considering Predictive Scheduling: What Employers Need to Know

Following a growing nationwide trend, the Chicago City Council is considering new legislation that would require employers to pay employees for any scheduling changes made with less than two weeks’ notice. If passed, the...more

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November 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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 each month in 2017. November was no...more

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Bad Break: Oregon Employer Pays Quarter-Million Dollar Wage & Hour Fine

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The Oregon state agency charged with enforcing the state’s wage and hour laws has announced the largest civil penalty against an employer in its long history – nearly $277,000. According to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and...more

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Reforma al Reglamento para la Imposición de Multas por el INFONAVIT

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El pasado 25 de agosto de 2017 se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto por el cual se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones sobre la imposición de multas por el incumplimiento de las obligaciones...more

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