Wage and Hour, Employer Liability Issues, Waiver of Rights

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

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

Ringing in the New Laws: 2019 California Employment Roundup

Vedder Price on 12/18/2018

As 2018 draws to a close, California employers have a busy new year ahead of them with expanded legal obligations. SB 1300 – Sexual Harassment Omnibus Bill—Under SB 1300, employers may now be held responsible for the acts...more

California Employer Compliance: New Laws Affect Nearly Every Business

Lewitt Hackman on 10/12/2018

The 2017-2018 legislative session concluded last month with new laws effecting almost all employers in California. Here’s a summary of the new laws, as well as the bills that would have had a significant impact, but were...more

California Meal Period Claim Done In by Collective Bargaining Agreement

BakerHostetler on 8/24/2018

While the proportion of private sector employees represented by unions is down, unions retain an important workplace role, and the terms of collective bargaining agreements can both affect and be fatal to wage and hour...more

AB 3080, Banning Mandatory Workplace Arbitration Agreements, Now Awaits Governor’s Signature

Payne & Fears on 8/23/2018

On August 22, 2018, the California Senate voted to approve AB 3080, a bill prompted by the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. Nominally, the bill is intended to combat the use of mandatory arbitration agreements and...more

Unlikely Ally: Employer Makes A Meal Out Of CBA Waiver

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/22/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: A collective bargaining agreement, to permissibly waive a negotiable statutory right, must do so in a clear and unmistakable manner, by mentioning either the statutory protection being waived or the statute...more