Employment Litigation, Notice Requirements, Damages

Washington State Amends Equal Pay Law To Clarify Employer Requirements and Liability

Perkins Coie on 6/6/2025

On May 20, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law Senate Bill 5408 to amend the state’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA). SB 5408 makes significant changes to the EPOA, including by clarifying the...more

Not So Dependable? BC Court Says Employers May Not Expect Dependent Contractors to Get Less Reasonable Notice than Employees

Bennett Jones LLP on 6/3/2025

In the recent decision of Ursic v Country Lumber Ltd., 2025 BCSC 970 (Country Lumber), the Supreme Court of British Columbia held that there is no presumption that dependent contractors ought to receive less reasonable notice...more

Class Action Litigation Over Massachusetts Lie Detector Statute Surges: What Employers Need to Know

Morgan Lewis on 5/21/2025

Massachusetts employers are increasingly being targeted in a growing wave of class action litigation under the commonwealth’s longstanding law G.L. c. 149, § 19B. In relevant part, the law requires that all job applications...more

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employer Repudiated Employment Agreement When it Failed to Pay Employee’s Contractual Severance

Littler on 2/21/2025

In Timmins v. Artisan Cells, 2025 CanLII 2387, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice found, in an undefended claim, that the employers “by their correspondence and actions” repudiated the employee’s employment agreement when...more

Employment Litigation › Notice Requirements › Damages

Washington State Amends Equal Pay Law To Clarify Employer Requirements and Liability

Not So Dependable? BC Court Says Employers May Not Expect Dependent Contractors to Get Less Reasonable Notice than Employees

Class Action Litigation Over Massachusetts Lie Detector Statute Surges: What Employers Need to Know

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employer Repudiated Employment Agreement When it Failed to Pay Employee’s Contractual Severance

Ontario, Canada Court Applies the Rule in Waksdale and Provides Insight on Calculating Reasonable Notice Damages

Ontario, Canada Court of Appeal Upholds 26-Month Reasonable Notice Period Due to Exceptional Circumstances

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Employment Litigation › Notice Requirements › Damages

Washington State Amends Equal Pay Law To Clarify Employer Requirements and Liability

Not So Dependable? BC Court Says Employers May Not Expect Dependent Contractors to Get Less Reasonable Notice than Employees

Class Action Litigation Over Massachusetts Lie Detector Statute Surges: What Employers Need to Know

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employer Repudiated Employment Agreement When it Failed to Pay Employee’s Contractual Severance

Ontario, Canada Court Applies the Rule in Waksdale and Provides Insight on Calculating Reasonable Notice Damages

Ontario, Canada Court of Appeal Upholds 26-Month Reasonable Notice Period Due to Exceptional Circumstances

COBRA Litigation – 2020’s Latest Gift

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