News & Analysis as of

Local Ordinance Employer Liability Issues Anti-Retaliation Provisions

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Philadelphia Ordinance Aims to EmPOWER Employees

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On May 27, 2025, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act (POWER Act). The ordinance, found here, aims to enhance protections related to paid sick leave, wage theft, and domestic...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Denver Ordinance Creates New Avenue for Workers to Pursue Wage Theft Violations by Employers

On January 10, 2023, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock approved an ordinance (File No. 22-1614) passed by the Denver City Council that will provide new avenues for workers in the City and County of Denver to pursue claims for wage...more

Venable LLP

Los Angeles Grants Additional Protections for Hotel Workers and Additional Headaches for Employers

Venable LLP on

The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance on June 28, 2022 that grants a variety of health and safety protections to hotel and housekeeping employees, joining neighboring jurisdictions Long Beach, Santa Monica,...more

Fisher Phillips

Don’t Panic Just Yet – The 8 Things Los Angeles Hotels Need to Do to Comply with New Worker Protection Ordinance

Fisher Phillips on

A new law set to take effect on August 6 will require hotels in the City of Los Angeles to implement new protections for certain hotel workers and raises the minimum wage at more hotels in the City of Los Angeles. Similar...more

Fisher Phillips

Wake County and Raleigh City Expand Non-Discrimination Provisions for Workplaces and Public Areas

Fisher Phillips on

Both Wake County (NC) and Raleigh City (NC) just expanded their non-discrimination provisions to prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, and natural hairstyle in both...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from August 2021

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Chicago Enacts COVID-19 Vaccine Anti-Retaliation and Time Off Ordinance

Epstein Becker & Green on

The City of Chicago recently enacted the Chicago COVID-19 Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance....more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Chicago Passes Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance

Gould + Ratner LLP on

The Chicago City Council last week passed an ordinance providing more rights to employees who take time off from work to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine. Effective immediately, this ordinance allows Chicago employees and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The No Penalty Shot: Chicago Passes Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 21, 2021, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting retaliation against any employee who takes leave from work to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and requiring any employer that...more

FordHarrison

Chicago Enacts Vaccination Anti-Retaliation and Rights Ordinance

FordHarrison on

On April 21, 2021, the City of Chicago enacted the Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance that provides all workers in Chicago with rights to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations during their work hours and imposes significant penalties...more

Fisher Phillips

Hazard Pay Implemented For Oakland’s Grocery Store Workers

Fisher Phillips on

The Oakland City Council approved this week a Hazard Pay Ordinance requiring certain grocery store employers to pay an additional $5.00 per hour in hazard pay for all part-time and full-time employees, and comply with other...more

Fisher Phillips

San Francisco To Revise COVID-19 Retaliation Ordinance

Fisher Phillips on

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has just unanimously approved a proposed ordinance prohibiting retaliation against San Francisco employees who missed work after contracting or being suspected of contracting COVID-19....more

Fisher Phillips

NYC Employers Must Comply With New Safe And Sick Leave Obligations

Fisher Phillips on

Just days before New York’s statewide paid sick leave law (NYPSL) takes effect on September 30, the New York City council passed a suite of amendments to NYC’s existing Earned Safe and Sick Leave Law (ESSL), in part aligning...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

San Francisco Enacts Temporary Protections for Corona-Positive Workers And Applicants

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved another temporary emergency ordinance, this time protecting employees, contractors, and job applicants from adverse employment action if...more

Hogan Lovells

D.C. requires employers to adopt COVID-19 worker protection policies, increases retaliation protections

Hogan Lovells on

A new D.C. emergency law titled “Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Emergency Amendment Act of 2020” (Act), signed by the Mayor on August 13, 2020, requires all private employers and D.C. agencies to take...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fisher Phillips

Chicago Enacts COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Measures

Fisher Phillips on

The City of Chicago has gone a step further than most other jurisdictions to protect employees who have encountered some of the devastating aspects of COVID-19. Adopting portions of the Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Chicago Approves Landmark COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance

On May 20, 2020, Chicago’s COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) came into effect. The Ordinance bars employers from terminating or demoting employees who take time off for reasons related to COVID-19,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Chicago Passes COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 20, 2020, Chicago passed an ordinance protecting covered employees who remain at home for complying with public health orders or for other COVID-19 related reasons.  ...more

Littler

Chicago Enacts Additional Amendments to its Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

Littler on

On May 20, 2020, the Chicago City Council approved Substitute Ordinance 2020-2343 (“SO2020-2343”), the anti-retaliation ordinance to protect employees from adverse employment action taken due to COVID-19....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Chicago City Council Introduces COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance, Reflecting Growing Trend

On April 22, 2020, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with the backing of several Aldermen, introduced the COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which, if enacted, would prohibit Chicago employers from retaliating...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Philadelphia Employers No Longer Free to Inquire About Prospective Employee Salary History

On February 6, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg’s prior order partially blocking the City of Philadelphia’s pay equity ordinance from going into effect....more

Littler

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act Will (Finally) Take Effect – Prepare for the Ides of March

Littler on

After more than a four-year delay, the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (“the Ordinance”) will go into effect on March 15, 2020.  The city passed the Ordinance in August 2015, but its authority to pass such a law was...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York’s Latest Expansions to Human Rights Laws Shake Up Employment Landscape

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York City Council voted to expand the anti-discrimination and retaliation provisions of the Human Rights Law to freelancers and independent contractors. The bill is awaiting the Mayor’s signature. ...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Westchester County, New York to Require Paid Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence

Covered Employees and Use of Leave Effective October 30, 2019, Westchester County, NY employers will be required to provide paid leave to employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking.  Leave under the...more

50 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide