Wage and Hour, Employees, Distribution Centers

New Quota Law Coming to Illinois Warehouse Distribution Centers in 2026

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/28/2025

In recent years, Illinois has gone the way of states like California and New York by expanding workplace protections for employees. That trend was evident in 2024 with the passage of several laws that took effect on January...more

New Washington Law Regulates Warehouse Distribution Center Worker Quotas

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/30/2023

A new Washington law regulating employers’ use of production quotas or production standards for employees working at warehouse distribution centers (House Bill 1762) will go into effect on July 1, 2024....more

New York Delays and Limits Regulation of “Quotas” for Warehouse Workers

Littler on 3/8/2023

In June of 2022, the New York legislature passed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA) (A10020/S8922), which Governor Hochul signed into law on December 21, 2022. This legislation followed similar legislation in...more

New York State Legislature Seeks to Regulate Work-Related “Quotas” for Warehouse Workers

Littler on 6/14/2022

On June 3, 2022, the New York Legislature passed Senate Bill 8922, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which if signed into law, would significantly further regulate the working conditions of warehouse workers in New...more

California Labor Commissioner Gives Insight into 2022’s Warehouse Distribution Quota Law

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/10/2022

On September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 701, which creates new obligations for certain employers with warehouse distribution centers that use production quotas, effective January 1, 2022. Under this new law,...more

California Warehouse Distribution Centers to be Subject to Unprecedented Quota Disclosure Requirements

CDF Labor Law LLP on 9/27/2021

Last week, on September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 701, which creates new obligations for certain employers with warehouse distribution centers that use production quotas, effective January 1, 2022....more

New California Law Imposes Strict Limits on Warehouse Distribution Centers (This Means You, Amazon!)

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/27/2021

A new California law, effective January 1, 2022, closely regulates productivity quotas for warehouse distribution centers. AB 701 applies to employers of 100 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center or...more

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