New to 2020, Illinois employers of all sizes must conduct sexual harassment prevention training by Dec. 31. This training requirement is part of the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act, which
Move Over AB 5, There’s a New Kid on the Block
By now, most California employers have heard of AB 5, which, along with the California Supreme Court decision, Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903
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New York State and New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Laws
New York state’s new paid sick leave law will mandate the payment of sick leave to employees in New York state beginning Jan. 1, 2021. As discussed below, the New
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New Jersey Joins Other States in Creating Rebuttable Presumption of Workers’ Compensation Coverage for ‘Essential Employees’ Who Contract COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law S2380, which creates a rebuttable presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases contracted
California to Mandate Employer Notification of Possible COVID-19 Exposure to Employees
On Sept. 17, 2020, the governor of California signed into law new workplace notice requirements and enforcement procedures in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These new requirements
DOL Amends FFCRA Regulations to Address Concerns Raised by Judge’s August 2020 Decision
New York Federal Judge Strikes Down DOL ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
On Sept. 8, 2020, a New York federal judge struck down substantial portions of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL’s) joint employer final rule, which went into effect March 1,
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DOL Issues Guidance on Wage-and-Hour Obligations as Pandemic Increases Telework
Prompted by telework arrangements that arose in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) issued a Bulletin addressing important
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Impersonators Beware: Claim Preclusion of Copycat PAGA Lawsuits
In August 2020, the California Court of Appeal issued two wins for California employers facing multiple simultaneous representative actions under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)
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