News & Analysis as of

New Legislation › Labor Reform › Wage Theft

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: City Council Passes POWER Act, Mobile Service Provider Regulations

Cozen O'Connor on

City Council Passes POWER Act, Mobile Service Provider Regulations -During Thursday’s meeting, the City Council passed the POWER Act—which empowers Philadelphia’s Department of Labor to enforce existing worker protection laws...more

Littler

Intentional Wage Theft Now Criminalized in New Zealand

Littler on

Following the introduction of a similar reform in Australia in January, New Zealand has now criminalized intentional wage theft by employers. As “intentional wage theft” doesn’t come with a specific legal definition under the...more

Stoel Rives - Ahead of Schedule

Oregon Senate Bill 426 Would Make Owners and Prime Contractors Liable for Unpaid Wages Owed by Those They Hire

Stoel Rives - Ahead of Schedule on

Developers, owners, and contractors would all be wise to take note of Senate Bill 426, currently under consideration in the Oregon legislature....more

Fenwick & West LLP

10 New California Employment Laws Employers Should Know for the New Year

Fenwick & West LLP on

Governor Newsom recently signed a slew of new bills into law at the close of California’s 2023 legislative session. Of those, there are several employment-related laws that California employers should take note of. We...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Rhode Island’s 2023 Legislative Session Ends with the Passage and Defeat of Significant Employment Proposals

Epstein Becker & Green on

Summer in the Ocean State brings with it familiar novelties: the beach, clam cakes, and the end of the General Assembly’s legislative session. In this Insight, we summarize three employment-related bills that Rhode Island...more

Littler

Colorado Enacts Wage Theft Amendments, Increasing Employer Penalties and Permitting Classwide Demands

Littler on

Colorado has again modified the state’s wage theft laws with the enactment of Senate Bill 22-161.  Among other things, the wide-ranging amendments increase penalties for employers that do not timely pay wages, allow employees...more

BakerHostetler

A to Z of What California Employers Need to Know for 2022

BakerHostetler on

With the new year will come new laws that affect California employers. The following are the “A to Z” of changes in the laws that may affect your business in 2022. Under existing law, if a COVID-19 outbreak occurs at a...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

New California Laws Affecting the Workplace in 2022: What You Need to Know

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on

As with every new year, California rolled out new laws affecting the workplace beginning January 1, 2022. Below is a summary of some of the most relevant changes that may affect your business. As always, please reach out to...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

New Employment-Related Laws for 2022 That California Employers Need to Know

CDF Labor Law LLP on

The California Legislature again had a busy session and passed a number of laws that will materially impact California employers and their business operations.  Below is a list of some of the key employment-related bills that...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"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:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide