Dutch law prohibits employers from paying full-time employees differently—i.e., more favorably—than part-time employees, unless the difference in pay can be objectively justified. This is not readily the case, however.
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the DOL’s final regulation increasing the salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime exemption under the FLSA on a nationwide basis.
In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an employee’s claim for common law reasonable notice of termination on a Rule 21 motion.
The New York State Clean Slate Act, designed to relieve the barriers to employment for persons with criminal convictions, takes effect Saturday, November 16, 2024.
In the November 5, 2024 election, a majority of Alaskans appear to have voted in favor of Alaska Ballot Measure No. 1 to create a new statewide paid sick leave law that would become operative on July 1, 2025.
On November 8, 2024, Manitoba’s Bill 37, The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 and Bill 9, The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act, received Royal Assent and came into force.
In its most recent step to combat cybersecurity risks to employee benefit plans, the U.S. Department of Labor clarified on September 6, 2024, that its guidance on cybersecurity applies to health and welfare plans as well as retirement plans.
