Gov. Newsom has signed SB 399 into law, which restricts the ability of employers to hold mandatory “captive audience meetings” with their employees. The new legislation, also known as “California
Continue Reading California Attempts to Restrict Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings
On Aug. 2, 2024, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law, amending BIPA in two ways: significantly limiting potential damages and updating the Act’s definition of “written release”
Continue Reading BIPA Update: Illinois Limits Liability and Clarifies Electronic Consent for Biometric Data Collection
When Congress passes legislation, it frequently directs that one or more federal agencies promulgate regulations both implementing the law and filling in details Congress may have left unaddressed. When agencies
Continue Reading Employers Await Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Future of ‘Chevron’ Deference
The California Supreme Court and the Legislature ushered in 2024 with two significant changes that may appear unrelated but that may impact California employers. We consider each in turn.
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, under the recently signed Senate Bill 848 (S.B. 848), covered California employers must provide eligible employees with a job-protected leave of absence following a reproductive loss. This
Continue Reading California Employers Must Provide Reproductive Loss Leave Starting Jan. 1, 2024
In 1872, California bucked the common law and the views of many other states by declaring noncompete agreements unenforceable except in narrow and limited circumstances. The crackdown has continued ever
Continue Reading AB 1076 and Noncompete Agreements: California’s Crackdown Continues
“Hot Labor Summer” – so dubbed due to strikes by the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Southern California Hotel Workers, health care workers from multiple unions, and United Auto Workers
Continue Reading California Governor Signs Bill Allowing Staff to Unionize…in 2026
On July 14, 2023, a new attempt to regulate the fast-food industry in California was delayed after its proponents pulled the bill from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Assembly Bill 1228
Continue Reading California AB 1228 Delayed: Bill Proposes Joint-Employer Theory of Liability Between Franchisor, Franchisee in CA’s Fast-Food Industry
In New York state, both houses of the Legislature have passed S.3100A/A.1278-B, which would add a new section 191-d to the Labor Law prohibiting “non-compete agreements and certain restrictive covenants.”
Continue Reading NY Legislature Passes Legislation Banning Employer Use of Noncompete Agreements; NYC, FTC Actions Pending; NLRB General Counsel Memorandum
Governor Polis recently signed two laws affecting Colorado employers and employees. First, the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA) prohibits all Colorado employers from requesting certain information related to prospective employees’
Continue Reading Colorado Law Bans Age-Related Questions on Applications and Adds New Reasons to Use Paid Sick Leave