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Because the term “consumer” is so broad in the CCPA (remember: it’s any California resident), it would have applied to employee and job applicant data and all business contact information across the board. After much negotiation, the legislature...By: Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Anyone who works in legal or HR and handles work authorizations for their employees will agree that hiring foreign nationals or international transfers has become much more difficult under the current administration and its interpretation of...By: Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Under the new Massachusetts Paid Family Leave Law, M.G.L c. 175M (“MAPFML”), employees and other covered individuals in the Commonwealth will be entitled to a generous set of new paid leave benefits and rights beginning January 1, 2021. While no...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

As we previously reported, on June 13, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) issued a coordinated set of final regulations (“final rules”) permitting employers to, among other things,...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

The arrival of the holiday season means that 2020 is just around the corner. In anticipation of the new year, employers should take time to review upcoming changes to the requirements of the New York Paid Family Leave Law (NYPFL or PFL) and ensure...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

In addition to death and taxes, there’s one more certainty in life -- that California’s General Assembly will keep employment lawyers in business. In September and October, California enacted a pair of ground-shifting new laws that practically scream...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

The D.C. council is considering legislation that would prohibit the use of non-compete provisions for entry level and moderate-income employees, and would apply to D.C. workers that earn up to three times the minimum wage, currently equal to $87,654...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

November 4 UPDATE: On Oct. 29, 2019, a federal district court directed the EEOC to continue to do its best to complete the EEO-1 Component 2 data collection by January 31, 2020, overruling the EEOC’s unilaterally imposed November 11, 2019 deadline...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

Over the past weeks, I’ve written a few times on the ongoing requirements and changing deadlines of the EEOC’s EEO-1 survey Component 2 data submission. Just yesterday, the EEOC announced a new deadline by which employers should submit their...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

The California Consumer Privacy Act becomes effective on January 1, 2020 with an amendment that impacts California employers. Covered businesses should, of course, already be in the process of preparing CCPA privacy notices and disclosures. And while...By: Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints