Labor Days
It’s a Win-Win for California Employers
This spring, California employers received two rare and substantial victories, alleviating some of the burden caused by frequent and costly wage and hour claims that plague California businesses. In 2023 alone,…
NY Employers Will Pay For Lactation Breaks and Prenatal Leave and the State Ends COVID-19 Sick Leave
Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed the New York State Budget for fiscal year 2025. The budget includes bills enacting paid lactation breaks and paid prenatal leave, as well as ending paid COVID-19 leave. Lactation…
California’s Sweeping Workplace Violence Prevention Law
The leading cause of worker fatalities after transportation incidents and falls, is workplace violence. A law affecting all but a few California employers comes into force on July 1, 2024 to address this issue.…
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules that Non-Disparagement Clauses Violate #MeToo Law
In recent years, state #MeToo laws have slowly but surely chipped away at the use of confidentiality or non-disclosure clauses in settlement agreements. Employers have attempted to get “creative” and have relied more…
Waters No Less Rocky After Landmark BIPA Settlement
A year and a half has passed since one of the most remarkable jury verdicts in Illinois history. The Rogers v. BNSF case was the first Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) case tried to a jury verdict,…