The New Jersey Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (NJPBTA), effective June 1, 2025, requires employers to disclose salary information and benefit details in job postings, both internal and external job postings. NJBPTA follows...more
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Recently, in a case of first impression, Judge Angel Kelley of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts confronted a “seemingly simple” question on a motion to dismiss: does a difference of one day...more
Missouri voters’ approval of statewide ballot initiative Proposition A (Prop A) will usher in significant changes to the state’s minimum wage law and, for the first time in state history, mandate employers to provide paid...more
In Rosalba Espinal v Sephora USA, Inc. 2024 WL 4241537 (S.D.N.Y.), Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held that employees engaged in manual labor have a private right of action under New York Labor Law (NYLL) §198 (1-a) for the...more
A National Labor Review Board (NLRB) administrative judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania psychiatric hospital violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by not providing wage information...more
In a recent decision, the Massachusetts Appellate Division of the District Court Department affirmed the trial court’s award of summary judgment in favor of an employer that had argued that a retention bonus did not...more
California once again is at the forefront of the expansion of workplace rights with a first-of-its-kind proposed legislation in the United States that would provide workers with the freedom and the right to disconnect from...more
Effective March 20, 2024, the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) creates a private cause of action for alleged statutory violations. Employers may now face potential civil and/or class actions, in addition to...more
Effective March 20, 2024, the New York City Earned Sick and Safe Time Act (ESSTA) creates a private cause of action for alleged statutory violations. Employers may now face potential civil and/or class actions, in addition to...more
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Ninth Circuit Interprets When Furlough or Temporary Layoff is a Discharge -
A recent Ninth Circuit decision imposes new obligations on California employers that furlough or...more
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced recently that it is proposing a rule to raise the salary threshold required for an employee to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirements. An...more
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Proposed DOL Rule Would Raise Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees -
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced recently that it is proposing a rule to raise the salary threshold...more
We’ve all heard the song “California Dreaming.” But it’s no dream for employers that Golden State trends impact wage and hour laws across the country. California has some of the nation’s strictest wage-and-hour laws and...more
In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a District of Oregon ruling for Amazon.com, Inc., stating that the plaintiff failed to allege that undergoing mandatory security screenings was “an integral and indispensable...more
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A Ninth Circuit panel recently ruled that Target Corp.’s pay practices comport with California law, and as such, Target’s motion for judgment on the pleadings should have been granted by the district court. See Bowen v....more
A California appellate court recently overturned a jury verdict finding a Jack in the Box manager was misclassified under the executive exemption. The court found one question on the jury verdict form was too narrow in that...more
Most employers doing business in California are likely to soon face increased reporting and pay transparency requirements under a new law that is set to be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The law, which would expand...more
The pandemic has changed the landscape of an employee’s work life in its entirety. Employees were uprooted from their normal routines and required to work from their homes. The result? Growing concerns regarding burnout and a...more
Beginning November 1, 2022, a recent amendment—often referred to as the “Salary Transparency Law”—to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) is set to go into effect. The Salary Transparency Law requires certain employers...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regularly collects data from employers in the EEO-1 Report. Employers that meet the reporting threshold have a legal obligation to provide the data. The data is used by...more
Hear how a decades-old landmark law guides today’s employers on some of the most pressing issues facing companies. Bill Martucci, who leads Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s national Employment Litigation and Policy Practice, shares...more
The California Supreme Court’s recent interpretation of a California labor statute is sure to have a tremendous impact on employers in the state. By determining that “regular rate of compensation” under Labor Code § 226.7(c)...more
The Illinois governor has signed an amendment to the state's Wage and Payment Collection Act that increases the penalty for underpaying employee wages from 2% of the amount of the underpayment per month to 5%....more
As Bloomberg Law recently reported, at least “[t]en shareholder proposals to disclose EEO-1 data revealing a company’s workforce race, ethnicity, and binary gender makeup—or to produce diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I)...more
In a recent ruling, the 9th Circuit overturned a $102 million judgment against Walmart for alleged meal break and wage statement violations. In an opinion demonstrating the complexity of California PAGA litigation, the court...more