Seyfarth Synopsis: Businesses banded together to challenge, on First Amendment and Due Process grounds, the pay equity Ordinance which would ban inquiries into prospective employees’ prior salaries. The Ordinance, which was...more
4/26/2017
/ Commerce Clause ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Due Process ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Home Rule States ,
Local Ordinance ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Workers’ Compensation Board issued proposed regulations for New York’s Paid Family Leave Law (“PFL”). The regulations provide much needed guidance on many key areas of the law, including eligibility...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Senate has failed to override Governor Christie’s conditional veto of a bill which would prohibit inquiries into salary history. New Jersey hoped to join Philadelphia and Massachusetts in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The “Freelance Isn’t Free Act,” passed by the New York City Council on October 28, 2016 requires, among other things, a written contract for services between a hiring party and a freelance worker in most...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Department of Labor has recently adopted final rules, effective March 7, 2017, which regulate methods of wage payment in the state. The regulations impose notice, consent, and related...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Senate Committee proposes a $15 minimum wage by 2021, with automatic future increases tied to the CPI.
Earlier this week, the New Jersey Senate Committee voted 3-1 to advance Senate Bill 15...more
New York will increase its minimum wage to $15.00 an hour in gradual increases, beginning December 31, 2016. In keeping with the wave of new legislation in states and cities across the country, New York also passed the Paid...more
4/20/2016
/ Governor Cuomo ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Family Leave Insurance Program ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Penalties ,
Reinstatement ,
Vacation Leave ,
Wage and Hour
Today, a key decision for Connecticut employers came down from Connecticut’s highest court. In Standard Oil of Connecticut, Inc. v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act, SC 19493 (March 15, 2015), the Connecticut...more
Former brokers of Fordham Financial Management will have to put this one in the “loss” column. Judge Paul Crotty of the Southern District of New York granted Fordham’s motion to decertify the FLSA collective in their lawsuit...more
Blog readers who have been following the recent wave of wage and hour lawsuits by interns will recall that the Second Circuit, in a major decision issued in early July, held that the “primary beneficiary” test should govern...more
9/17/2015
/ Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Internships ,
Minimum Wage ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Nurses ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour
As this blog previously reported, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit ruled against two separate groups of interns in early July, applying the “primary beneficiary” test—to evaluate whether unpaid interns are trainees...more
In a closely watched case affecting the viability of unpaid internship programs at for-profit employers, the Second Circuit held that the “primary beneficiary” test should be used to decide whether interns should be deemed...more