Local Ordinance, State and Local Government, Private Right of Action

Checkout Checkmate: Long Beach Enacts Self-Checkout Ordinance

Littler on 9/3/2025

Long Beach, California is often an incubator for novel employment laws. For example, in the hospitality industry, Long Beach was one of the “early adopters” of ordinances regulating workplace standards for hotel workers,...more

New Year Brings End To Moratorium On Private Actions For Violations Of Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/15/2021

Effective January 1, 2021, the moratorium on private actions against certain employers for violating the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance has ended. The ordinance went into effect on July 1, 2020, but the city had placed a...more

Chicago City Counsel Delays Private Right of Action in Fair Workweek Ordinance

Cozen O'Connor on 5/24/2020

With the July 1 deadline looming and most businesses still closed or operating at a reduced capacity, the Chicago City Council has amended the Fair Workweek (FWW) Ordinance to delay the filing of private employee lawsuits...more

NYC Council Considers Legislation to End At-Will Employment in the Fast Food Industry

Cozen O'Connor on 2/12/2020

The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more

Extending Fundamental Rights to Lake Erie?

(ACOEL) | American College of Environmental... on 10/3/2019

An interesting legal battle is playing out in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio over whether the City of Toledo’s establishment of a “Lake Erie Bill of Rights” passes constitutional muster. ...more

Beyond the Bathroom: North Carolina’s H.B. 2 Also Flushes Local Employee Protections

K&L Gates LLP on 4/12/2016

The recent enactment of North Carolina’s H.B. 2, known as the “Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act” (the “Act”) has received widespread attention for its controversial restrictions on the use of certain...more