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Workforce Mobility Act Reintroduced Amid Ongoing State Efforts to Restrict Non-Competes

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Last week, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act, which was previously considered by Congress in 2023. The reintroduction of the bi-partisan bill comes against the backdrop...more

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Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees

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For employers managing a workforce across multiple jurisdictions, navigating the complexities of worker classification is essential to ensuring legal compliance and avoiding costly penalties. Whether you are dealing with...more

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Wage and Hour Around the Corner: From Zoom to Room Staying on Solid Legal Grounds with a Remote Staff or an Office Return

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The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more

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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 42: Non-Compete Agreements with Mitchell Greggs of Maynard Nexsen

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This week, Tina and Cherie welcome their colleague Mitchell Greggs for an insightful discussion on restrictive covenants. Mitchell breaks down the evolving regulatory changes in 2024, including the Federal Trade Commission’s...more

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Acting NLRB Counsel Rolls Back Many Biden-Era Labor Memos and Begins Process of Changing U.S. Labor Laws: What Employers Need to...

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The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board just signaled a new policy direction for labor law under the Trump administration by rescinding more than a dozen policies endorsed by previous leadership....more

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Classification of App-Based Couriers as Employees in Mexico

App-based couriers in Mexico are now classified as employees under an amendment to the Federal Labor Law published on December 24, 2024, in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación). ...more

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NLRB General Counsel Doubles-Down on Non-Compete Agreement—and Takes Aim at “Stay-or-Pay” Provisions

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On October 7, 2024, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a memorandum offering her perspective on damages employers may face when enforcing allegedly unlawful non-compete agreements, and...more

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FTC Webinar Provides Additional Guidance on Final Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements

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As we previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to issue a final rule (the “Rule”) that would prevent most employers from enforcing noncompete agreements against workers, with only limited exceptions for...more

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Looking Past the Headlines, the Impact of the FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes in M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital

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Last week on April 23, 2024, the FTC adopted a final rule that would effectively ban non-compete agreements in the context of employment relationships when the rule becomes effective on September 4, 2024, absent a stay or...more

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Court Direction on FTC’s Noncompete Ban Expected This Summer

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has issued an aggressive scheduling order that “should allow prompt resolution of” one of the initial challenges to the FTC’s noncompete ban “with sufficient time,...more

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FTC Approves Nationwide Ban on Non-Competes

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The FTC approved a final rule to implement a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements between employers and their workers. The rule would supersede most state laws regarding noncompete provisions except where a state law...more

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FTC Approves Rule Banning Non-Competes With Workers

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This afternoon, the FTC voted to adopt a proposed final rule banning most non-competes with workers in the United States. The final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section...more

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Crash Course in U.S. Employment Law: How a Multinational Based Outside the United States Can Avoid Big Mistakes Managing a U.S....

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Every country’s own legal system is of course unique. Local laws vary significantly even between next-door neighbors―French law differs significantly from German, Venezuelan law is unlike Colombian, and Thailand’s laws are...more

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Is the NLRB’s New Stance on Restrictive Covenants Mostly Bark With a Little Bite?

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) sent shockwaves through the employment landscape when General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo took the position that the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of restrictive covenants...more

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Global Non-Compete Reform – At a Glance: September 2023

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The US is not the only country currently debating reform to the law on non-competes (see here in relation to Federal law and New York). Notably the UK Government has announced legislation which would limit the duration of...more

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All For Naught: California Employers Can Continue To Require Workers to Sign Arbitration Agreements

After more than three years of legal challenges, California’s Assembly Bill 51 was completely struck down as preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act in a Ninth Circuit ruling on February 15, 2023. California employers can...more

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NLRB Ruling Renders Routine Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provision Unlawful

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Once again, the pendulum has swung, and this time, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has reversed Trump-era rulings that granted broad flexibility to employers in severance agreements. On Tuesday, the Board...more

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NLRB New Rule Affects How All Employers Should Approach Severance Agreements and Other Employment Contracts

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On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, No. 07–CA–263041, the National Labor Relations Board held that confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions are prohibited in severance agreements where they purport to limit an...more

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Restrictions on Severance Agreements Return – Another NLRB Policy Change with Broad Implications

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The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued another precedent-shifting decision, this time taking aim at provisions commonly included in severance agreements. In McLaren McComb, an employer now violates Section...more

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