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After a busy year for non-compete regulation at the state level, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public workshop last Thursday in Washington D.C. to examine the legal basis and economic support for a contemplated FTC rule restricting the...By: Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has published guidance on the state’s salary history inquiry law, which went into effect on January 6, 2020. As we previously reported, the law prohibits employers from......By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

The biggest change under SECURE Act is the treatment of long-time, part-time employees under your 401(k) plan. Going forward, it will change how you see the 401(k) plan and how you will have to start measuring if you have long term, part-time...By: Ary Rosenbaum

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) issued technical report number DNE-DML-OF-237-2019, on non-recommended Occupations for the categories of "Specific Occupation Worker and Temporary Residency"....By: Dentons

Background - As noted in our previous December 2018 blog post, “Texas Judge Declares the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional – What’s Next?,” and our October 2019 newsletter, “2019 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare,”...By: Snell & Wilmer

With the U.S. Supreme Court recognition of same-sex marriage back in 2015 and increasing EEOC scrutiny regarding employers’ pregnancy accommodation policies and practices as well as gender discrimination, your new parent leave policy may have issues...By: Miller & Martin PLLC

On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor (Department) announced a final rule to revise and update its regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (see prior alert on Department of Labor rulemaking...By: Benesch

The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill that would amend the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Loss Job Notification Act, more commonly referred to as the “NJ WARN Act,” to require severance payments and increase notification requirements...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Although there is no standard set of measures that a company can implement to guarantee that it will be safe from data breaches – or from regulatory enforcement action should a data breach occur – recent multistate settlements with state Attorneys...By: Cozen O'Connor

Safeway Wage & Hour Cases, 2019 WL 6954322 (Cal. Ct. App. 2019) - Following a jury trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Safeway on the ground that plaintiff William Cunningham was subject to the executive exemption and was,...By: Proskauer - California Employment Law