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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2025

Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

Washington Enacts Mini-WARN Act Requiring Notice Before Certain Layoffs and Closures

Littler on 5/14/2025

Washington will soon join the growing list of states that require employers to give 60 days’ advance notice to employees, unions, and the state for certain mass layoffs and business closures. On May 13, 2025, Governor Bob...more

New York Poised to Expand Severance Agreement Rules: Key Employer Takeaways

Fisher Phillips on 3/12/2025

Employers would have to give all employees in New York time to review and revoke severance agreements under a bill that just passed the state Senate on March 4. The No Severance Ultimatums Act now moves to the Assembly, and...more

Virginia Lawmakers Pass AI Discrimination Law, But Will the Governor Approve? What Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 2/25/2025

Virginia lawmakers just passed a groundbreaking AI anti-discrimination bill, setting the stage for new workplace compliance obligations – but that’s only if Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs it into law. Following the lead of...more

The New York Clean Slate Act Goes Into Effect: What Employers Need to Know

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 12/17/2024

On November 16, 2024, the New York Clean Slate Act (the "Act") went into effect. Under the Act, certain conviction records will be automatically sealed from public access after a specified time period. The New York State...more

Fifth Circuit Finds That Employee Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Needing FMLA Leave

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2024

On March 19, 2024, in Cerda v. Blue Cube Operations, LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding that the employee’s acts of informing...more

New York Lawmakers Aim to Close Loopholes in NYC’s AI Bias Audit Law and Add Teeth to Workplace Protections

Fisher Phillips on 3/18/2024

At least two proposed bills pending before the New York State Legislature would force employers to conduct bias audits and provide high levels of transparency if they use AI-fueled automated employment decision tools for...more

California Employers’ New Year’s Resolution: Make These 2 Key Changes to the Mandatory Notice You Give to New Hires

Fisher Phillips on 12/21/2023

All California employers will need to make two changes to the mandatory notice you provide to your new hires as of January 1: you need to tell them about changes to California’s paid sick leave law, and you need to provide...more

Here Are the Top 10 New Laws Coming Soon to California Workplaces and 5 Key Bills the Governor Surprisingly Vetoed

Fisher Phillips on 10/16/2023

California employers know that the new year inevitably brings new workplace laws that are finalized at the end of the state’s legislative session in the fall. This year, state lawmakers considered over 2,700 bills – the most...more

New York City Releases New Guidance on Law Regulating Use of Automated Employment Decision-Making Tools

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/5/2023

On June 29, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued new guidance on the enforcement of the city’s law regulating the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) ahead of the...more

WARNing: Amendments to the New York WARN Act Regulations are Now in Effect

Littler on 6/27/2023

Compliance with the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act just got harder (again). On June 21, 2023, the New York Department of Labor’s amendments to the NY WARN regulations took effect and some...more

New Canada Labour Code Regulatory Amendments: What Employers Need to Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/20/2023

The Budget Implementation Act 2018, No. 2 (BIA 2018, No.2) made numerous changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) by. As a result of these changes, federally regulated employers will be required to reimburse employees for...more

Taking a Gamble: Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs Under the WARN Act

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 6/6/2023

In a recent decision, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s ruling that an employer was not subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and New York Labor Law § 860 (the WARN...more

Ontario Announces Changes to Mass Termination Rules for Remote Employees

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/20/2023

On March 13, 2023, the Ontario government announced proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) that, in mass termination situations, would afford employees who work solely from home with the same notice...more

Ontario, Canada Proposes ESA Amendments Relating to Remote Workers and New Hires

Littler on 3/16/2023

On March 13, 2023, Ontario announced that it is proposing two amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and related regulations. Employees Who Work Solely from Home to Become Eligible to Receive Enhanced...more

Employer FAQs on Liquidity Concerns in Light of the SVB Crisis

Fisher Phillips on 3/14/2023

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlights many of the concerns that employers might face should they find themselves in the midst of a liquidity crisis. Making payroll, arriving at decisions related to wage...more

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: New Jersey Implements Long-Delayed Landmark WARN Law

Littler on 1/11/2023

On January 10, 2023, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law S3162 / A4768, which makes the 2020 amendments to NJ WARN effective 90 days from his signature, irrespective of whether a State of Emergency still exists....more

NYC Artificial Intelligence Law on Employment Practices Takes Effect January 1, 2023

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/23/2022

On November 10, 2021, the New York City Council passed Int. No. 1894-A Relating to Automated Employment Decision Tools. This law is effective as of January 1, 2023. As 2023 creeps closer, prudent NYC employers will take steps...more

Fourth Circuit Reinstates Employee’s Claim That Social Media App Messages Provided Sufficient Notice of a Medical Absence

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/21/2022

On August 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Roberts v. Gestamp West Virginia, LLC, that an employer’s “usual and customary” notice procedures relating to absences extended beyond the company’s...more

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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Washington Enacts Mini-WARN Act Requiring Notice Before Certain Layoffs and Closures

New York Poised to Expand Severance Agreement Rules: Key Employer Takeaways

Virginia Lawmakers Pass AI Discrimination Law, But Will the Governor Approve? What Employers Need to Know

The New York Clean Slate Act Goes Into Effect: What Employers Need to Know

Fifth Circuit Finds That Employee Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Needing FMLA Leave

New York Lawmakers Aim to Close Loopholes in NYC’s AI Bias Audit Law and Add Teeth to Workplace Protections

California Employers’ New Year’s Resolution: Make These 2 Key Changes to the Mandatory Notice You Give to New Hires

Here Are the Top 10 New Laws Coming Soon to California Workplaces and 5 Key Bills the Governor Surprisingly Vetoed

New York City Releases New Guidance on Law Regulating Use of Automated Employment Decision-Making Tools

WARNing: Amendments to the New York WARN Act Regulations are Now in Effect

New Canada Labour Code Regulatory Amendments: What Employers Need to Know

Taking a Gamble: Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs Under the WARN Act

Ontario Announces Changes to Mass Termination Rules for Remote Employees

Ontario, Canada Proposes ESA Amendments Relating to Remote Workers and New Hires

Employer FAQs on Liquidity Concerns in Light of the SVB Crisis

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: New Jersey Implements Long-Delayed Landmark WARN Law

NYC Artificial Intelligence Law on Employment Practices Takes Effect January 1, 2023

Fourth Circuit Reinstates Employee’s Claim That Social Media App Messages Provided Sufficient Notice of a Medical Absence

Top 10 List – Keep Your Eyes on These California Employment Bills on Governor Newsom’s Desk

Fifth Circuit Rules that COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Trigger the “Natural Disaster” Exception to WARN Notice Requirements

Federal Appeals Court Sides with Employer in Job Applicant’s Background Check Suit: 3 Steps to Avoid Similar Claims

Can Discharging Remote Workers Trigger the WARN Act at a ‘Single Site of Employment’?

The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from November 2021

Warning to New York Employers: The NY WARN Act Now Requires WARN Notices be Sent to Additional Governmental Recipients

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