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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

New York City's Fair Chance Housing Law Restricts Criminal Background Checks

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/7/2025

New York City's Fair Chance for Housing Act (known as Local Law 24 or the Fair Chance Law) became effective on Jan. 1, 2025. The Fair Chance Law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of a purchaser's or tenant's...more

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/14/2017

• The California Legislature passed numerous labor and employment bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in 2017. • Many of the new laws relate to wages and hours, leaves and benefits, hiring practices, health and...more

California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

Littler on 10/4/2016

Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more

Employers Burdened By More New Laws

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/14/2015

The Oregon Legislature enacted several laws in 2015 that will significantly affect your workplace. The following laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2016: Paid Sick Leave - As expected, Oregon has enacted a mandatory paid sick leave...more

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New York City's Fair Chance Housing Law Restricts Criminal Background Checks

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2018

California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

Employers Burdened By More New Laws

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