Laurence Shapero

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Washington State’s New Warehouse Employee Protections Begin on July 1, 2024

In response to abundant press reports of injury rates in warehouse and distribution centers, Washington State has joined New York and California in enacting a new law, House Bill (HB) 1762, regulating employers’ use of...more

4/25/2024 / Distribution Centers , Employer Liability Issues , Labor Reform , Quotas , State Labor Laws , Warehouses , Workplace Safety

New Washington Class Action Raises Concerns for Employers Under State’s Noncompete Ban

A putative class action recently filed in Seattle, Washington, against a solar energy equipment company could be the first lawsuit to test the bounds of the state’s relatively new restrictions on noncompetition agreements for...more

6/1/2023 / Class Action , Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Minimum Wage , Non-Compete Agreements , Putative Class Actions , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

FMCSA Issues Order Preempting Washington’s Meal and Rest Break Rules as Applied to Commercial Truck Drivers

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an order this week that Washington State’s meal and rest break rules are preempted as applied to property-carrying commercial...more

11/24/2020 / Commercial Truck Drivers , Department of Transportation (DOT) , Employer Liability Issues , FMCSA , Trucking Industry , Trucking Regulations

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