Legal News

A bill that would have brought the state’s tipping regulations in line with federal regulations was not brought up for a veto override vote earlier this week. According to a report in CT Mirror, a “deal” is now being sought that would allow the...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

We previously reported on the San Antonio sick leave ordinance that was to become effective August 1, 2019. City of San Antonio employers now have four extra months to comply. On July 24, 2019, district judge Sol Casseb signed off on a deal between...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Cannabidiol (CBD) – a non-psychoactive component of cannabis with numerous claimed health benefits – has steadily grown in popularity in recent years. This upward trajectory went into overdrive with the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In a recent claim filed against one of our clients, an aggrieved employee alleged that a manager who was a former military officer had a preference for hiring and promoting people with military experience. The employee in this case was a woman who...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

When employers classify individuals as independent contractors, they are not obligated to provide them with certain benefits, as they would statutory employees. Sometimes, if those individuals are found to not be independent contractors, those...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On July 17, 2019, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued Notice 2019-45 to expand the types of preventive care services and benefits that can be provided to individuals under high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) before reaching a minimum...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Many California local ordinances have mid-year minimum wage rate increases effective July 1, 2019. Our prior advisory addressed the increases to the minimum wage rates effective January 1, 2019, under the California state law and local ordinances,...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The gift that keeps on giving, the California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court is getting a fresh look to determine whether it applies retroactively. For the uninitiated, the Dynamex decision upended the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

• The Ninth Circuit has withdrawn its May 2, 2019, opinion in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l, Inc., in which it held that the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision regarding independent contractors and employees applies retroactively. •...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In a July 22 Opinion Letter, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor returned to a common-sense interpretation of regulations regarding “hours worked” and “compensable time” as applied to truck drivers and drivers’ helpers for time...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP