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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

Westchester County, a Northern suburb of New York City home to IBM and a number of other large employers, has joined the growing list of jurisdictions guaranteeing the vast majority of employees paid sick and safe time leave....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Generation Z has hit the job market. The workplace now has several distinct generations working together, each with its own unique perspectives, communication styles, and perceptions....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

In Townley v. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., a California Court of Appeal ruled that California’s business expense reimbursement law does not require an employer to reimburse its employees for the cost of slip-resistant shoes because the shoes did not...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Effective January 1, 2020, it will be unlawful for Nevada employers to reject job applicants on the basis of a positive test for cannabis use. This follows a ballot initiative which made recreational marijuana use legal in the state in 2017, and...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Oregon Legislature adjourned June 30 with many proposed new employment laws not enacted, however, several others have passed and will become effective soon....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

We thought you might be interested in a short summary of a workshop the FTC recently held on the impact of certificates of public advantage on healthcare markets. ...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

In the final hours of their 2019 legislative session, New York State lawmakers unanimously passed omnibus legislation (“Legislation”) that builds on the state laws enacted in 2018 in response to the #MeToo movement. See S.B. 6577, 2019-2020 Reg....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

On June 20, 2019, New York lawmakers passed a pair of bills aimed at eliminating pay disparities based on membership in a protected class. Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign both bills....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

If your business is one of the 570,000 issued a No-Match Letter from the Social Security Administration so far this year, you may have experienced a moment of panic....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP