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A collection of national trends, legislation, regulation and litigation that we expect to have a significant impact on the workplace in 2020. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Concluding that it too broadly defined “employer” and raised a myriad of due process concerns that subjected it to risks of unconstitutionality, on December 31, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo Governor Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have allowed a...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

A compilation of laws and regulations passed in California in 2019 with implications for businesses in and outside of the state. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

New York’s Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act went into effect on January 1, 2020. Two days earlier, two agricultural business associations filed a challenge to the law in federal court requesting a temporary restraining order (TRO)....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Reinforcing the burden on any putative class to satisfy all of the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s order denying the plaintiffs’ motion for class...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In New York, 2020 will be the last year employers who employ tipped employees in car washes, nail salons, and parking garages, among other establishments, will be permitted to pay such employees a rate below the minimum wage and take a “credit” for...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On December 24, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order denying Plaintiffs motion for class certification in their employment discrimination action. The three-judge panel, consisting of Circuit Judges...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Some business leaders and HR professionals may be waking up this morning not realizing they must provide a “Notice at Collection” to some or all of their employees and applicants under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is not...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On December 19, 2019, the Senate passed, as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No. 116-94), the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act (Division O pg. H.R. 1865-604). It is touted as the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Addressing a matter of first impression, the Iowa Supreme Court determined that “when a civil cause of action is provided by the legislature in the same statute that creates the public policy to be enforced, the civil cause of action is the exclusive...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.