Minimum Wage, Hairstyle Discrimination, Employment Discrimination

CLE Takeaways: Employment Law Updates Businesses Should Know for 2025

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/11/2025

In 2024, we witnessed a wave of transformative changes in employment laws, from expanded leave protections and new paid leave mandates to increased pay transparency requirements for employers....more

Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Ban Race Discrimination Based on Hair Texture, Type, and Styles

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/11/2020

First of Many Anticipated Employment Changes in Virginia, Including Expanded Coverage and Remedies for the Virginia Human Right Act and Minimum Wage Increases....more

A Detailed Review of 2019 Labor & Employment Legislation in California

Jones Day on 2/10/2020

The first year of Governor Gavin Newsom’s term produced many significant pieces of employment legislation in California, including most prominently one law limiting the use of independent contractors for most businesses and...more

How Might Virginia’s New Legislative Trifecta Affect Employers in the Commonwealth in 2020?

Littler on 1/7/2020

In the November 2019 election Virginia gained a Democratic “trifecta”—both legislative chambers and the governorship are now controlled by one political party. It has been over two decades since Democratic lawmakers...more

Reminder: New California Employment Laws Going Into Effect January 1, 2020

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/17/2019

• Numerous new California laws going into effect on January 1, 2020, will impact employers and employees. • The most significant laws include a new employee classification law, extension of the statute of limitations for...more

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q3 2019

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/3/2019

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more