This alert is the third installment in our series on Illinois’ new anti-harassment legislation, SB75, which is awaiting signature by Governor Pritzker. This alert focuses on new training requirements for private-sector employees in Illinois....By: Franczek P.C.
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A series of registration deadlines are fast approaching for a new law in Illinois that will have a significant impact on small- and medium-sized employers who do not offer a retirement savings plan to their employees....By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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On June 14, 2019, a plurality of the Kansas Supreme Court struck down Kansas’s statutory cap limiting noneconomic damages for personal injury awards in Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., No. 112,765, 2019 Kan. LEXIS 107, 2019 WL 2479464 (Kan. June 14, 2019)....By: Cozen O'Connor
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On June 18, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a new bill imposing significant changes to sexual harassment training requirements for employers. The bill, entitled “An Act Combatting Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment,” and dubbed the...By: Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and
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The Minnesota Legislature recently passed, and Governor Walz signed, the Jobs and Economic Development Omnibus Bill, which goes into effect as of July 1, 2019. The bill amends existing state labor laws and creates new civil and criminal penalties...By: Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a decision on June 14, reversing nearly 40 years of precedent and granting employers expanded rights to prohibit union activity by non-employees from occurring at the employer’s facility....By: Ballard Spahr LLP
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Late on June 19, New York lawmakers passed a bill that makes wide-sweeping changes to New York State discrimination and harassment law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated that he will sign the bill, but he has not done so at this point....By: BakerHostetler
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Contributing employers to multiemployer pension plans (“MEPPs”) are commonly surprised that their obligations to such a plan can extend well beyond the contributions required under a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) negotiated with a union....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.
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Avoid a seasonal faux pas! Dear Miss Mannerly: My office is business casual -- until June. Even though we don't have a lax summer dress code, many of our employees just "assume" they can dress like hooligans. We have all the usual problems - women...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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On June 5, 2019, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill that will require employers operating parking garages or lots in the City of Philadelphia to demonstrate “just cause” or a “bona fide economic reason” to discharge an employee....By: Clark Hill PLC
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