Wage and Hour, Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Employees

New Philadelphia Ordinance Aims to EmPOWER Employees

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/25/2025

On May 27, 2025, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act (POWER Act). The ordinance, found here, aims to enhance protections related to paid sick leave, wage theft, and domestic...more

Employers’ Wage and Hour FAQs: California Wildfires Edition

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 1/14/2025

Wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, leveling entire neighborhoods, forcing evacuations for tens of thousands of people, and posing incredible hardship on businesses and their employees...more

Alaska Ushers in Increased Minimum Wage and Guaranteed Sick Leave

Perkins Coie on 12/6/2024

Voters in Alaska approved Ballot Measure 1, which will boost Alaska’s minimum wage and provide guaranteed sick leave to workers. First, Ballot Measure 1 increases Alaska’s minimum wage to $13.00 per hour, effective July 1,...more

Paid Leave

International Lawyers Network on 3/1/2024

The following paper aims to succinctly address the question "Under what circumstances is an employee entitled to paid leave?” This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions....more

New Jersey Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights: Regulations Issued

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/10/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued its proposed regulations for New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights. The proposed regulations provide some clarity on several...more

2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

Cozen O'Connor on 1/12/2017

Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more