During the past few years, employers have seen efforts to restrict the use of confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in severance agreements at both the state and federal levels. The NLRB has now joined the party.
San Francisco’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) published FAQs concerning the new Military Leave Pay Protection Act (MLPPA), which took effect on February 19, 2023.
The 9th Circuit has held that the FAA preempts AB 51, which attempted to prohibit employers from requiring employees to waive, as a condition of employment, the right to litigate claims under the FEHA and the California Labor Code.
The Illinois Department of Labor recently published final regulations governing the new requirements for employers to comply with the Illinois Equal Pay Act Amendments signed into law by Governor Pritzker on March 23 and June 25, 2021.
On February 3, 2023, California’s Office of Administrative Law approved Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Regulation (NER). The NER is now the operative COVID-19 regulation for most California employers.
The FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act loosens restrictions on hiring those with criminal records at FDIC-member banks and NCUA-insured credit unions.
We’re just a few weeks into the new year, so now is an ideal time to brush up on the more notable changes to paid family and medical leave standards across the country that took effect on January 1 or will occur later in 2023.
On January 19, 2023, St. Paul, Minnesota enacted amendments to its Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) Ordinance. Four days later, Bloomington enacted amendments to its ESST Ordinance.
