Wage and Hour, First Amendment, New Legislation

Eighth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Minnesota’s Captive Audience Ban

Amundsen Davis LLC on 9/9/2025

On September 3, 2025, in Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors v. Ellison, et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, dismissed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s captive...more

Colorado’s Pay Transparency Law Survives Preliminary Injunction: Next Steps for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/30/2021

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect on January 1, 2021. The act creates significant compliance burdens for employers with even one employee in Colorado....more

California Freelance Writers and Photographers Challenge the Constitutionality of AB 5

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/24/2019

We have written previously about California’s new statute, referred to as AB 5, which codifies and expands the “ABC test” for independent contractors set forth in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court....more

New York and New Jersey Ban Salary Inquiries

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/10/2019

The growing trend to eliminate inquiries into a job applicant’s salary history continues. In July, New York and New Jersey became the latest states to enact legislation that will restrict employers from obtaining and...more

Connecticut Employers are Banned from Asking Applicants' Salary History Effective January 1, 2019

FordHarrison on 1/4/2019

Executive Summary: As of January 1, 2019, Connecticut employers are prohibited from inquiring about an applicant’s prior salary history. ...more

Mixed Results for Employers in Legal Challenge to Philadelphia’s Salary History Ban Ordinance

White and Williams LLP on 5/3/2018

Court distinguishes between unlawful “Reliance” on wage history in setting wage rates and lawful “Inquiries” into wage history - The City of Philadelphia was the first city in the United States to enact an ordinance...more

California’s Labor & Employment Changes for 2018: Part II - Court Cases Impacting Labor & Employment Law

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 2/21/2018

California courts and Legislature greatly expanded protections for public and private workers in 2017, passing laws and handing down decisions regarding wages, rest periods, harassment, workplace discrimination and free...more

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