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The Top 10 Employment Law Changes From the 2025 Oregon Legislative Session

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2025

Oregon employers must once again be ready to comply with a slate of new legislative changes from the Oregon Legislature’s recent session, which concluded on June 27, 2025. These new laws make changes to Paid Leave Oregon and...more

Ignore No More: NJ’s Amended Unemployment Compensation Law Increases Employer Reporting Obligations and Penalties

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2023

Many employers commonly ignore requests from the New Jersey Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance (“Division”) to provide the reason they terminated an employee’s employment. With the recent amendments...more

Colorado Updates Notice Requirements for Employees Upon Discharge

Littler on 6/15/2022

Colorado enacted a slew of employment-related legislation in the 2022 legislative session. One important new piece of legislation, Senate Bill 22-234, updates the notice requirements regarding unemployment insurance that...more

Lights, Camera, Legal Action: Avoiding Employment Pitfalls in the Film and Studio Industry

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 2/17/2022

In the wake of the deadly Rust tragedy last year, independent studios and production companies began revisiting their practices, policies, and attitudes regarding safety on set....more

Top 6 Workplace Law Proposals Raised During Governor Hochul’s 2022 New York State of State Address

Fisher Phillips on 1/10/2022

Although New York Governor Hochul’s first State of the State address focused on efforts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, she still managed to provide insight on a few key areas of labor and employment law that will...more

Ask a Litigator: What Can Be Included In A Settlement Agreement?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/12/2021

An effective settlement agreement memorializes the resolution of a dispute between a claimant-employee and a business, provides the parties with a clear path forward, and creates peace of mind. A poorly-drafted settlement...more

Unemployment Insurance Notice No Longer Required Upon Separation

Ruder Ware on 4/20/2021

Last October, we shared information about the emergency rule that created DWD 120.02 which required Wisconsin employers to notify workers of the availability of unemployment insurance upon separation of employment in a post...more

Wisconsin Employers Must Notify Workers of Unemployment Insurance Upon Separation

Ruder Ware on 10/8/2020

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development adopted an emergency rule to create DWD 120.02 which was approved by Governor Evers on September 23, 2020....more

Employers Heads Up! These Are The Bills Of Importance On Governor Newsom’s Desk

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/14/2020

Anticipation mounts as we watch for California Governor Gavin Newsom’s action on bills of immediate importance to employers. The Governor has until September 30, 2020 to sign or veto the following bills of concern: SB 1383...more

Seven Reasons Employers Should Not Lay Off Employees in Response to COVID-19

Jaburg Wilk on 4/3/2020

On March 19, 2020, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to limit the operation of certain business, including bars, restaurants, movie theaters, and gyms in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Although...more

Significant Changes to Dutch Employment Law Take Effect

Jones Day on 2/6/2020

The Situation: Several changes to Dutch employment law took effect January 1, 2020, most notably those resulting from the Labor Market in Balance Act. The Result: Businesses in the Netherlands must be aware of and comply...more

Quit or Fired? N.C. Employees May Qualify for Unemployment Benefits in Equivocal Situations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/5/2020

Under North Carolina statute, employees who leave work for a reason other than good cause attributable to the employer are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits. Last month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals...more

Employers in the Netherlands Can Save on their UI Premiums by Changing Contract Types

Littler on 12/13/2019

Starting January 1, 2020, the new Dutch Balanced Labor Market Act (Wet arbeidsmarkt in balans, WAB) will enter into force. This new law seeks to encourage employers to offer their employees indefinite-term contracts—which...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: May 2019

Payne & Fears on 8/26/2019

This month's key California employment law cases involve the Dynamex case and the effect of prior administrative hearing on a civil lawsuit....more

When The End Is Near for Departing Employees, Don’t Do It Your Way

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/16/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: While Mr. Sinatra could get away with doing things his way, California law requires that employers provide employees facing the final curtain with specific paperwork and a check on their final day. ...more

Doing Business Across State Lines in 2018: A Quick Look at New Employment Law Requirements in Neighboring States

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/5/2018

Keeping up with compliance requirements under Pennsylvania and federal laws can be challenging enough; however, for Pennsylvania employers that do business in multiple states, the compliance burden can grow exponentially. It...more

Constructive Discharge

Zelle LLP on 4/21/2017

The concept of constructive discharge appears regularly in employment law cases and commentary, but we’ve found that it’s not always well understood. Because a constructive discharge can have all the consequences of a typical...more

Best Practices for Handling Unemployment Compensation Claims Part 3: Appeals, Legal Counsel, & Quarterly Reports

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/8/2014

Pennsylvania employers can achieve positive results and realize other important gains by wisely and effectively responding to, and when appropriate, contesting unemployment compensation claims. This post is Part 3 of a 3 part...more

Marijuana Users in Michigan Eligible for Unemployment

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/30/2014

Medicinal marijuana users in Michigan who are lawfully terminated by their employer for failing a drug test are, according to the Michigan Court of Appeals, entitled to receive unemployment benefits....more

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