On July 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction barring the FTC from enforcing its proposed near-absolute national ban on non-competition agreements. The Rule was scheduled to take effect September...more
7/9/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
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Litigation Strategies ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
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Texas
On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). As a result, the ETS is now in effect for all employers with 100 or more employees....more
All employers in Massachusetts will soon be required to provide up to 40 hours of job-protected, paid leave for various COVID-19-related reasons. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill 3702 into law on May 28,...more
COVID-19 is the pandemic that keeps on giving. As the Fourth of July marks the start of the summer vacation season, more and more employees are going to be taking time off. State quarantine orders - until now perhaps only of...more
7/4/2020
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Employee Benefits ,
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Traveling Employee ,
Vacation Leave ,
Virus Testing ,
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Workplace Safety
Update on High-Risk Workers and Developments at OSHA & CDC -
In our alert series, Plan Now for Bringing Back Your Workforce, we’ve explored the importance of creating an OSHA-compliant Infectious Disease Preparedness and...more
5/20/2020
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Employer Responsibilities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
High Risk Covid Employees ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Nursing Homes ,
OSHA ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Workplace Safety
Creating an Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plan -
In part one of this series, we covered the principles that should govern how you plan for the resumption of more “normal” operations. In particular, we...more
Most of us have never seen anything like this! As we have watched COVID-19 spread, many clients have contacted us asking what they can do now to help stop the spread, what they should tell their employees, how they should...more
3/16/2020
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Best Practices ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Business Travel ,
China ,
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Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Event Cancellation ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Preventive Health Care ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Telecommuting ,
Traveling Employee ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a long-awaited final rule regarding adjustments to the salary requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain salaried employees, commonly known as the...more
10/10/2019
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Job Duties ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave law (MAFML) (M.G.L. ch. 175M), was enacted in 2018, imposing significant responsibilities on Massachusetts employers. ...more
Effective July 1, 2018, Massachusetts and Vermont became the first New England states to prohibit employers from inquiring into or seeking prospective employees’ salary history. ...more
7/17/2018
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Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
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Job Applicants ,
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Wage and Hour
On June 8, 2018, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed, “An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Gender Identity,” which adds gender identity as a protected characteristic to state anti-discrimination laws. ...more
6/12/2018
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Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender Neutral ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
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Protected Class ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
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