On 5 November 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a further extension to the UK furlough scheme until March 2021. This post includes our updated FAQs summarising the furlough scheme as it stands.
NJ Public Question 1 on this year’s election ballot sought voters’ approval for a constitutional amendment to legalize the possession and use of marijuana for individuals age 21 and older, as well as the cultivation, processing and sale of marijuana.
Ontario’s Superior Court recently held that a termination provision in an employment contract that has even a remote possibility of violating the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) in the future is unenforceable.
On November 3, 2020, Ontario announced a new COVID-19 Response Framework, Keeping Ontario Safe and Open (New Framework) that will be approved by Cabinet on November 6, 2020. Public health units will be transitioned to the New Framework on November 7.
Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy obligations the CCPA imposes on employers.
While payment of benefits under Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave Act will not start before January 2022, important employer obligations take effect in less than two months.
Of the over 100 different ballot initiatives under consideration across the United States in the recent election, California’s Proposition 22 stands alone.
In October 2020, both Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the City of Pittsburgh passed Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair (CROWN) Acts.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing released FAQs providing limited guidance to employers as to how to comply with their obligations for filing employee compensation data with the state under the recently enacted SB 973.
