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Ohio Enacts Mini-WARN Law Requiring Notice of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs

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On July 1, 2025, Ohio enacted a new mini-WARN law as part of House Bill 96 (the biennial budget bill). Codified at Ohio Revised Code §4113.31, the statute takes effect on September 29, 2025, and imposes new state-specific...more

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California requires employers in certain industries to rehire employees laid-off due to COVID-19

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On April 16, 2021 Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 93, which requires employers in certain industries to offer laid-off employees due to COVID-19 all job positions that become available for which the employee is...more

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New California Legislation Requires Businesses to Rehire Employees Laid Off During the Pandemic

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On April 16, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 93 (SB 93) – a “rehiring and retention” law. SB 93 creates new Labor Code section 2810.8, which requires certain hospitality businesses to rehire...more

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

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On November 11, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Assembly Bill A10674a. The legislation, which took effect immediately, amended the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by substantially...more

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[Webinar] Employment Laws: Understanding Your Rights and Obligations as a Cannabis Employer - June 16th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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Cannabis businesses are subject to both state and federal employment laws and regulations. The past few months have brought a landslide of new legislation, guidance, and orders from our federal, state and local governments...more

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WPI State of the States: New Year, New Legislative Trends

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The year 2020 is already shaping up to be quite active on the employment law front, and a quarter of U.S. states have yet to convene their 2020 legislative sessions. In January, over 800 labor and employment-related bills,...more

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Slate of N.J. Laws Require Severance Pay in Mass Layoffs and Increased Penalties for Worker Misclassification

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January 2020 was a busy month for New Jersey’s executive branch. Governor Phil Murphy signed into law at least five workplace-related bills, one of which revised the New Jersey mini-WARN Act, one granting state regulators...more

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UPDATE: New NJ WARN Act Signed into Law "THOU SHALL NOT LEAVE"—A New Jersey Bill Awaiting Signature By the Governor Would...

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UPDATE: On January 21, 2020, the Governor of New Jersey signed Senate Bill 3170 into law, pushing state law far past the corresponding federal requirements of the WARN Act. Governor Phil Murphy issued an omnibus press release...more

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Littler Global Guide - Norway - Q4 2019

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Gender Equality - Obligation to Report Gender Pay Differences - New Legislation Enacted - From January 1, 2020, all private companies employing more than 50 employees must conduct a salary survey by gender every second...more

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New Jersey WARN Act Radically Expanded

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Reducing your New Jersey workforce just became more expensive. On January 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170.  This bill radically expands employers’ advance notice and severance pay obligations...more

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“THOU SHALL NOT LEAVE”—A New Jersey Bill Awaiting Signature By the Governor Would Dramatically Re-Write Existing Mass Layoff Laws

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, January 13, 2020, the New Jersey state legislature passed Senate Bill 3170 which, if signed by the Governor, would result in sweeping changes to what was once a mass layoff notification statute...more

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