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On June 13, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed SB 312 (“Law”), which imposes new paid leave requirements on certain employers. Under the Law, Nevada employers with 50 or more employees in the state will be required to provide employees with...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Noncompete reform continues to crop up in New England. We previously wrote about comprehensive reform in Massachusetts late last year, and now three more states have passed legislation in recent weeks. All three states – Maine, New Hampshire, and...By: Fisher Phillips

Important deadlines concerning the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law are approaching. In June 2019, the Massachusetts legislature passed legislation to delay the start of employer and employee contributions until Oct. 1, 2019...By: Holland & Knight LLP

The U.S. women’s soccer team celebrated their victory over the Netherlands at a victory parade in Lower Manhattan last week. Amid the champagne and confetti showers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed into law two bills aimed at combating pay gaps in the...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Within the past two weeks, both California and New York have passed laws prohibiting employers from discriminating based upon hairstyle. Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s “CROWN Act” (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair)...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

In case you missed it, on July 1, 2019, the Chicago and Cook County Minimum Wages increased as follows: · Chicago: $13.00 per hour for non-tipped employees and $6.40 for tipped employees. · O’Hare and Midway Airport Certified Service Providers:...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

On July 11, 2019, Governor Sununu signed S.B. 197 into law. S.B. 197 prohibits an employer from requiring an employee who makes 200% of the federal minimum wage ($14.50) to sign a non-compete agreement restricting the employee from working for...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Spring's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Hogan Lovells

The issue of whether athletic referees are independent contractors has surfaced a few times in the last few years. Here, in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (the PIAA) that engages these referees has agreed to...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Toledo, Ohio is the latest jurisdiction (and the second city in Ohio) to enact a law that will prohibit employers from asking job applicants about salary history....By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace