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What PEOs Need to Know About the Current State of Workplace AI Regulation

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2025

As employers across the country embrace the use of artificial intelligence in their workplace activities, federal and state lawmakers are lining up to consider guardrails on common AI practices. From hiring to performance...more

New York Governor: “Balance” Is Needed on Noncompete Bill

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/30/2023

As we predicted when the New York legislature passed a bill that would ban noncompetes in the state without even an exception for the sale of a business, Governor Kathy Hochul has said that she wants changes to the bill –...more

New York Legislature Bans Consideration of Most Older Convictions in Employment Decisions

Littler on 6/21/2023

In the final hours of the 2023 legislative session, the New York Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1029C / Senate Bill 7551A, the “Clean Slate Act.” If signed by Governor Hochul, it will provide for the automatic sealing of...more

State Law Restrictive Covenants Update

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/30/2022

Nelson Mullins is continuously monitoring trends and state law changes regarding restrictive covenants in employment agreements. Several states have recently enacted or modified legislation that may significantly restrict an...more

Recent and Proposed Changes to Illinois Human Rights Act: Disability, Work Authorization Discrimination, and What May Be on the...

FordHarrison on 8/20/2021

Work Authorization Status - On August 2, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-0233, which adds work authorization status to the list of protected classifications in Illinois. Effective immediately,...more

The California Legislature Is Back in Town! Which Pending Bills (and Executive Orders) Will Impact The Workplace?

Fisher Phillips on 7/27/2020

After returning from its hiatus on May 4, the California legislature has wasted no time in drafting a flurry of new bills which will affect employers in the aftermath of the state’s response to COVID-19. While the state...more

Pay Equity Developments in the Mid-Atlantic

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse on 3/9/2020

The past month has brought notable pay equity developments to the Mid-Atlantic, including pending legislation in Maryland, and a Third Circuit decision that might have far-reaching effects beyond the Philadelphia salary...more

Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2020

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

New Jersey Independent Contractor Legislation Temporarily Paused

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/16/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey bill that aims to push gig-economy workers and other independent contractors into the definition of “employees” was briefly paused at the end of the prior legislative session, but is expected...more

Mandatory Severance on the Horizon Under Proposed Amendments to NJ Warn Act

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/6/2020

A bill to amend the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Loss Job Notification Act, also commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), which the New Jersey Senate passed on December 16, 2019, if...more

Compass: Insights And Direction For Employers – Winter 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/3/2020

With the start of a new year, in-house counsel and human resources professionals will want to be aware of what’s on the horizon for 2020 and beyond. It’s a good time for employers to take a breath and consider what issues...more

Illinois General Assembly Passes Amendments to Recreational Cannabis Law Reducing Some Employer Liabilities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/22/2019

The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1557, revising the language of the Recreational Cannabis Law to reduce but not eliminate employer liabilities. ...more

New Jersey Contracting Crisis – The War on Misclassification Rages On

FordHarrison on 11/20/2019

Soon after being elected, New Jersey’s Governor created a task force to end misclassification of independent contractors, and the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) began increasing audits and its...more

New Jersey Bill Creating Presumption of Employment for Independent Contractors Could Decimate the State's Gig Economy

FordHarrison on 11/15/2019

Recently, New Jersey took several steps to severely restrict the use of independent contractors or gig workers in the Garden state. The latest effort is Bill S4204, which creates a presumption of employment status for...more

The Guide to Pending Employment Bills

Fisher Phillips on 9/23/2019

It’s been a long legislative year. And this being Governor Newsom’s first term in office, many observers have been anxiously awaiting to see what approach he takes when it comes to labor and employment legislation. Now all of...more

It’s Official: Newsom Expands The Definition of “Employee” Under California Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/19/2019

On September 18 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB-5, which codified the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex v. Superior Court decision. In Dynamex, the California Supreme Court adopted the so-called “ABC” test to...more

Who Are Independent (Contractors)? Throw Your Hands Up At Me!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/18/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s hotly contested and closely followed AB 5 independent contractor bill, which would extend the ABC test beyond Wage Order claims, just passed the California Senate, and now heads back to the...more

California Bill AB5 Will Rewrite the Rules for Independent Contractors

Polsinelli on 9/18/2019

On September 10, 2019, the California Senate passed AB5, a sweeping bill to control the use of independent contractors in the nation’s largest state. With the California Assembly concurring in the Senate’s amendments to the...more

California Assembly Bill Five Excepts Certain Categories Of Workers From Independent Contractor Classification Overhaul

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 9/18/2019

Last week, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 5, a new law related to an issue that is critically important to California employers and service providers—whether a worker is classified as an employee or an...more

California Adopts Strict Independent Contractor Test in New Bill

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/18/2019

On September 11, the California Assembly passed AB 5, a bill that codifies and expands the application of the strict independent contractor test (the “ABC test”) set forth in last year’s decision of the California Supreme...more

California Passes Landmark Bill Restricting Classification of Contract Workers

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/17/2019

As of September 11, 2019, the California Senate and Assembly had both passed an employment bill (AB5) that, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would codify the recent extension of employment protections to workers previously...more

AB 5 Update: California Legislature Passes Final Bill on September 11, 2019

Littler on 9/16/2019

This article is an update to prior publications from Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute regarding Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), passed by the California legislature on September 11, 2019. On September 11, 2019,1 the California...more

AB 5, Codifying Dynamex and Broadening the ABC Test’s Application, Passes California Legislature

FordHarrison on 9/16/2019

After months of debate and negotiations, the California State Legislature passed the controversial AB 5 on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, bringing it one step closer to being law. If passed, the new law is expected to impact...more

Three Major Workplace Bills to Land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Desk

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/13/2019

Following the launch of the so-called “MeToo” movement, the California Legislature (controlled by a Democratic supermajority) has aggressively churned out new bills that further strengthen the ability for workers to sue their...more

California Governor Expresses Support for Amended Misclassification Bill

Littler on 9/4/2019

On Friday, August 30, 2019, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee approved controversial legislation—Assembly Bill 5 (A.B. 5)—that would potentially reclassify millions of independent contractors as “employees”...more

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