In the wake of the California Supreme Court’s decision further clarifying whether the state’s wage statement law applies to certain employees residing in California, the Ninth Circuit elaborated that federal
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CA Supreme Court Confirms Dynamex Applies Retroactively
On Jan. 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on whether the “ABC test” articulated in its 2018 Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los …
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Top Massachusetts Court Rules in Favor of Employer in Wage Act Case of Calixto v. Coughlin
On Dec. 28, 2018, in Calixto v. Coughlin, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) issued a unanimous opinion in favor of Greenberg Traurig’s clients, former officers of a…
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Philadelphia Becomes the First City to Prohibit Employers from Asking Applicants About Salary History
Employers who just last year revised their application forms to eliminate initial questions about past arrests and convictions, now have to revise them again to remove questions regarding current and…
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“Nothing so Exhilarating as Being Shot at Without Result”—California Pay Day Statements and Accrued Vacation
What does Winston Churchill have to do with California wage and hour requirements? Well, the “shot” at employers in Soto v. Motel 6 Operating L.P. at the California Court of…
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Massachusetts Enacts Comprehensive Pay Equity Law
On Aug. 1, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Baker signed into law the “Act to Establish Pay Equity.” The new law is intended to address the gender wage gap by strengthening the…
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