Legal News

As of July 28, 2019, Washington employers with 15 or more employees are required to provide reasonable break time for employees to express breast milk. (See House Bill 1930 and Revised Code of Washington 43.10.005.) Break time must be provided each...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The answer is not as much as you may think. Much of the recent media coverage of California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) suggests that the bill represents a sea change in California law with respect to the classification of independent contractors. Not...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

They’re Baaaack. Congress is back in session this week, and my commute once again came to a grinding halt. With roughly three months of scheduled work in D.C. before the end of the year, members in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On August 30, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 778 into law, thereby giving employers more time to comply with the state’s sexual harassment training requirement. In September 2018, former governor Jerry Brown signed SB...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On September 11, 2019, the California Assembly passed a bill codifying last year’s Supreme Court of California decision establishing a new test to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. The new three-factor test,...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Our June  2019 article “discussed four new bills targeting equity, transparency, and discrimination, including the Workplace Transparency Act (WTA), which was awaiting the signature of Governor J.B. Pritzker. As expected, Governor Pritzker signed...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On August 22, 2019, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled unanimously in favor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, dismissing an unfair labor practice charge filed by seven unions that represent newspaper employees. The...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Canadian employers subject to federal regulation will want to take note of changes to the Canada Labour Code that came into force on September 1, 2019. These reforms apply to a large number of minimum employment standards with vacation, breaks,...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On August 29, 2019, legislators from the Michigan House of Representatives announced an ambitious package of 12 bills aimed at creating new criminal and civil penalties to combat employers that fail to properly pay wages and overtime pay. The...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Scalia Officially Nominated. Although the Buzz mentioned the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be secretary of labor seven weeks ago, the management-side attorney wasn’t officially nominated until August 27, 2019. Will this delay push back Scalia’s...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,