Legal News

On the heels of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s World Cup win, Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 10, 2019, signed into law two bills that expand New York’s existing equal pay laws. In enacting two of the three equal pay bills passed by the New York...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

As technology and social media continue to develop, so do legal questions surrounding their use by public entities and employees. On July 9, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump decided that President...By: Franczek P.C.

After years of confusion about whether grain bins are subject to sales tax, this past legislative session the Iowa legislature clarified that grain bins are exempt from sales tax. In doing so, the Iowa legislature—likely unknowingly—increased the...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

In 2016, President Obama released a “Call to Action” encouraging state legislatures to take a hard look at non-compete reform. The “Call to Action” urged states to ban restrictive covenants that impose unnecessary restrictions on the mobility of...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

New Jersey has provided job protections to medical marijuana users and created new drug testing procedures under new law signed by Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019, that took effect upon signing. The new law also changes the name of the New...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

A bill aimed at increasing protections for employer “wage theft” by allowing an employer’s current or former employee, or the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL), to place a lien on the employer’s interest in real or personal property for the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On schedule, EEOC has opened the portal for filing 2017 and 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 reports. Here’s the catch, however: According to updates on the Component 2 website, the reporting portal is “operational and available for viewing by the public,”...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On July 10, 2019, U.S. House of Representatives Democrats released a bill that, if passed, would require OSHA to develop a federal standard on workplace heat stress. Under the proposed bill, OSHA would have two years to propose a heat protection...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Oregon has joined a growing number of states to require employers to provide their workers paid family and medical leave. Employers in Oregon must provide up to 12 weeks of such paid leave to eligible employees beginning January 1, 2023, under the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

This is the second blog post in our series discussing the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) request for further comments on OFCCP’s proposed scheduling letters and itemized listings, which were first published in April. In our April post on...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.