New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law the “Retail Worker Safety Act,” which was enacted on September 4, 2024 and goes into effect on March 3, 2025. The new law is intended to help prevent workplace violence by...more
Last week, on the eve of the effective date of the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements, a Texas federal district court found that the agency had exceeded its authority in enacting the ban. The Court also explained that its...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule and interpretative guidance (Regulations) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which goes into effect June 18, 2024....more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently published a "Know Your Rights at Work" poster. The one-page multilingual poster contains a scannable QR code linked to the DCWP website which...more