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Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
Employment Law This Week®: EEOC Pay Data Collection Requirement, DOL Overtime Rule, Parental Leave Policies, NYS Paid Family Leave Program
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Employment Law This Week: FEHA Expansion, Class Waiver, Employer Conduct Rules, CA’s Paid Family Leave Law
New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more
As the new year approaches, several critical legislative changes in employment law will take effect on January 1, 2025, unless specified otherwise. California employers face a dynamic regulatory landscape in 2025, with...more
Signing off on a busy legislative year, Governor Newsom just confirmed into law over a dozen bills from the California Legislature. As a result, many California employees will begin next year with new and enhanced rights...more
As the calendar turns to 2023, employers in several states are currently navigating or preparing to navigate laws mandating the provision of paid family and medical leave (“PFML”), i.e., partially paid, job-protected leave,...more
With the arrival of the new year comes the effective date of many new leave laws (and expansion of existing leave laws) across the United States. Below we summarize family and sick leave laws that will take effect across...more
California has passed several new or amended employment laws covering topics ranging from off-duty marijuana use, reproductive rights, California Family Rights Act, COVID-19, criminal law and the workplace, new avenues of...more
The coming new year brings new changes, new goals, and newly amended employment laws. Although some jurisdictions jumped the gun (looking at you D.C. noncompete law), starting on January 1, many states are implementing new...more
Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many new legislative changes for New York employers, altering the landscape around workplace safety, employee pay, leave benefits, protected classes and activity, and privacy. Now...more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Plan”). The Plan is the most recent stimulus bill enacted to address the COVID-19 pandemic and it comes almost one year to the date the...more
This Holland & Knight alert highlights selected and significant new California labor and employment laws, regulations governing COVID-19 issues at the workplace by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health...more
Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned Friday June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history – half of it remotely – the legislature has...more
California is expanding state benefits available to workers who lose wages while taking time off to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a new child. On June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed...more
FAMLI, if ultimately enacted, will weave a new, complex and multi-faceted framework into the workplace that will impact all employers and employees in Colorado. Colorado employees, like most employees in the country,...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has released a new guide for employers on the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), G.L. c. 175M. The guide clarifies some questions generated by...more
Wisconsin employers reviewing Governor Tony Evers’ very first budget proposal may be surprised by the number of the employment-related items. ...more
Last month the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) released draft regulations intended to implement the Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (PFML). The PFML is a part of the “Grand Bargain Legislation”...more
Despite the extreme weather, the Legislature remained open and held hearings all week. Bills were scheduled and started moving through committees in both the House and Senate. Legislators were busy meeting with stakeholders...more
Continuing its active involvement in regulating the employer-employee relationship, in 2018 the California legislature again enacted many new laws affecting California employers....more
The Massachusetts legislature passed significant legislation (An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday), which includes a number of important provisions impacting employers in...more
Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more
The Massachusetts legislature last week passed significant legislation (“An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave and the Sales Tax Holiday”) which includes a number of important provisions impacting...more
As we move into the second quarter of 2018, now is a good time to remind employers about the significant impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on employee benefits. While some of these issues may not affect the taxation...more
We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more
As we close out the first half of the year, July ushers in numerous changes in labor and employment law. Notably, many statutes and administrative regulations across the country become operative in July. Before the fireworks...more
Bill to Partially Amend the Civil Code was Passed by the House of Representatives - On April 14, 2017, the House of Representatives passed a bill to partially amend the Civil Code ("Bill"). The Bill is under deliberation in...more