Employer Liability Issues, Political Speech, Unions

Rhode Island’s New Workplace Laws: Menopause Protections, “Captive Audience” Meeting Ban, Minimum Wage Hikes, and More

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2025

Rhode Island employers must keep up with new workplace laws enacted this year, including some that have already taken effect. The state not only joined a growing number of states that prohibit so-called “captive audience”...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/18/2024

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, many employers are bracing themselves for a wave of political discussions—and tension—in the workplace and elsewhere. Navigating these inevitable interactions and the...more

New York Enacts Laws on Captive Audience Meetings, Wage Theft, Gender Identity

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/12/2023

During a busy term at the New York Legislature, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation prohibiting captive audience meetings, categorizing wage theft as larceny, and expanding protection of “gender identity or expression”...more

New York, Minnesota, and Maine Ban “Captive Audience Meetings” – But the Fight is Just Beginning

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2023

Effective August 1, Minnesota now prohibits employers from “captive audience meetings” – that is, requiring, under threat of discharge, discipline, or some other penalty, employee attendance or participation in...more

Legislation Banning ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Enacted in Minnesota, Awaiting Enactment in New York

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/16/2023

Minnesota will soon prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend political or religious meetings, including talks about labor unions. Additionally, similar legislation passed by the New York legislature will likely...more

Connecticut Bans Corporate Meetings about Politics

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/21/2022

Effective as of July 1, 2022, Connecticut law purports to grant an employee a statutory cause of action against his or her employer if the employer “subjects or threatens to subject any employee to discipline or discharge”...more