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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed numerous pro-employee bills into law that will impact all Golden State employers starting January 1, 2020. For now, preparation and compliance planning are essential. Employers will be subject to many new...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

December 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont to place their Annual...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The President revoked Executive Order (E.O.) 13495, which required successor contractors to offer service employees employed under the predecessor contract a right of first refusal. The revocation immediately terminates investigations or compliance...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

On Oct. 18, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Raytheon Co. v. Sec. of Def., holding that salary costs associated with lobbying activities are expressly unallowable, and therefore subject to penalties....By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Information collected in employment or business-to-business contexts is exempt for one year. For the first year it is in effect, the CCPA will not apply to personal information collected about employees or in B2B transactions by a covered business....By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The 2019 Final Rule formally rescinds the Obama Administration’s 2016 Final Rule and increases the current minimum salary level by almost 50 percent and the current exemption salary level for highly compensated employees by less than 8 percent. The...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The SHIELD Act will impose substantial new obligations on any employer with an employee residing in New York State, as well as on many employers across the country that conduct online hiring. Regardless of their location or size, employers that...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Recommendations for employers before new law goes into effect on January 1, 2020 On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making it risky for employers (regardless of size) to classify many types of workers as...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place their Annual EEO Public...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Dorman v. The Charles Schwab Corp. narrows the options of employees asserting breach of fiduciary duty in retirement plans. Breach of fiduciary duty claims that “arise out of” and “relate to” a 401(k) plan—including those brought on behalf of the...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP