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A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Robert O’Hara, Member of the Firm: On August 16, 2019, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal of District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision to reinstate the...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Last September, Makan Delrahim, the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced efforts to streamline antitrust merger reviews with a stated goal of completing the process within six months...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On August 9, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a sweeping piece of legislation, SB 75, enacted as Public Act 101-0221 (“SB 75”). Among other measures, SB 75 (i) imposes a sexual harassment training requirement on all employers...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On August 6, 2019, Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed S1790 into law (“Law”), toughening the penalties for failure to pay wages, benefits, and overtime (collectively “wages”) owed to workers and extending the statute of limitations from two years...By: Epstein Becker & Green

After a prolonged legal battle that began in 2015, Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (“Act”) will soon become effective. Opponents of the Act had successfully challenged it in the lower courts, which found that the City of Pittsburgh acted outside the...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On August 12, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Assembly Bill A8421 / Senate Bill 6577 (“Law”), which, as we previously reported, contains sweeping changes to New York State’s Human Rights Law (“HRL”). Below is an updated chart of the effective...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced that its 2019 EEO-1 Component 2 portal is now open and accepting submissions. Employers with this requirement have only 50 days from August 11, 2019, to submit and certify...By: Epstein Becker & Green

This Employment Law This Week® Monthly Rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into August 2019. The episode includes: 1. Increased Employee Protections for Cannabis Users Employment protections for pot users are on...By: Epstein Becker & Green

New York State’s deadline for training employees on preventing sexual harassment and discrimination is less than 75 days away. You must train all New York employees by October 9, 2019, regardless of the size of your New York workforce. Employees...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On July 25, 2019, New Jersey became the latest state to join the movement banning salary history inquiries when Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed NJ A1094 (“Law”). The Law, which becomes effective January 1, 2020 (i.e., first day of the sixth...By: Epstein Becker & Green