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

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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Reminder: Get Ready for Los Angeles County’s Fair Work Week Ordinance Effective Date: July 1, 2025

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As we previously blogged, effective July 1, 2025, Los Angeles County’s new Fair Work Week Ordinance requires qualifying retailers and grocers (300+ employees nationwide in unincorporated LA County) to give workers predictable...more

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Reminder: Employers in North Carolina Must Give Advance Notice of One Pay Period for Salary Decreases

In several recent situations, we discovered that North Carolina employers implemented cuts in employee pay due to demotions or other business reasons without complying with state law notice requirements. ...more

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New Whistleblower Posting Required for California Employers

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On January 1, 2025, a new whistleblowing posting requirement (AB 2299) took effect in California. The law does not change preexisting protections for California employees who act as “whistleblowers,” but, instead, imposes a...more

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Washington’s Amended Non-Compete Law Creates New Considerations for Employers

Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5935 into law, amending and expanding Washington’s statute restricting the enforceability of noncompetition covenants (Revised Code of Washington 49.2). The amended...more

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[Webinar] Employment & Employee Benefits Law Update: Staying Compliant in 2024 - November 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PT

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Join us on November 16, 2023, as Nossaman’s Allison Callaghan, Pavneet Singh Mac, Michelle McCarthy and Julia Botezatu discuss new California employment and employee benefits laws and regulations, as well as recent case law...more

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Seattle’s New Independent Contractor Protections

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Seattle’s new Independent Contractor Protections Ordinance (the Ordinance) took effect on September 1, 2022. The law requires certain employers to provide independent contractors with disclosures both before entering a...more

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Turn on the Lights: New York Mandates Transparency in Electronic Monitoring

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While employers generally provide some form of notice of electronic monitoring, as a matter of practice, in their employee handbook, New York now requires transparency about workplace monitoring as a matter of law....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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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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New Jersey Continues to Expand Worker Protections – New Protections for Misclassified Workers; New Potential Liability

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In addition to bolstering the provisions of its mini-WARN Act (see Part I), New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy also recently signed into law expansive provisions aimed at deterring worker misclassification....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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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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New Jersey Employers: Make Sure Your Workplace Notices and Employee Posters Are Up to Date

The year 2019 saw significant changes to New Jersey’s employment law landscape, including amendments to the Family Leave Act (“NJFLA”), the Family Leave Insurance law (“NJFLIL”), the Security and Financial Empowerment...more

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Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Become Available for Employee Use

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Washington State Paid Family and Medical Leave (“WPFML”) law was enacted in 2017. WPFML premium withholdings began January 1, 2019, and eligible employees can start receiving WPFML benefits as of...more

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If Pain (or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 76: Nevada Labor Commissioner’s Office Releases Guidance on Paid Leave Law

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2019, the Nevada Paid Leave Law (“PTO Law”) went into effect “for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out [its]...more

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Key Trends from a Summer of Non-compete Reform

The start of September means that summer is unofficially over. However, the end of beach season also means that big changes to state non-compete laws are on the horizon....more

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New Jersey Adds Sharp Teeth, and Employer Notice Duty, to Wage and Hour Law

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On August 6, 2019, New Jersey enacted its Wage Theft Law, transforming the state’s wage and hour laws into one of the most robust in the country.  As discussed below, the law substantially expands the civil and criminal...more

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Minnesota Wage Theft Law Update

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Minnesota’s wage theft law, which largely went into effect on July 1, 2019, created new documentation and recordkeeping requirements for employers, including a required written notice that must be distributed to employees and...more

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Connecticut Passes Sweeping Changes to its Human Rights Laws

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In the continued fallout from the “me too” movement, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed new legislation imposing sweeping changes to Connecticut’s human rights law designed to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace...more

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Choosing a Streaming Service Is Almost as Complicated as Complying with State Law

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“Just do it—cut the cord already.” For a couple of years now, I’ve dismissed outright this notion, often proffered to me by younger family members, friends, or coworkers. I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. It just didn’t...more

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Department of Family and Medical Leave Releases Final PFML Regulations And New Template Worker Notice Forms

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier yesterday, the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) issued its final regulations for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Law. ...more

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