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On May 1, 2025, the Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin stepping back from a restrictive independent contractor rule issued under the Biden...more
On May 1, 2025, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin stepping back from a restrictive independent contractor rule issued under the Biden administration — a...more
As most manufacturers know, the Connecticut Legislature passed significant amendments to the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law, which are set to go into effect on January 1, 2025, and pertains to employers with 25 or more...more
For manufacturers and suppliers expanding their operations into New York State for the first time, there are a myriad of legal idiosyncrasies to navigate. Businesses must proactively identify areas in which a different...more
On May 21, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation expanding Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave law beginning January 1, 2025. The new legislation expands the scope of employers covered by the law, increases the...more
New Jersey’s Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights law went into effect on Aug. 5, 2023, and vastly changed the landscape for manufacturing employers who use temporary laborers. The law provides temporary laborers significant...more
This blog series addresses common employment-related issues for cannabis industry professionals. This post addresses meal and rest break requirements manufacturers and retailers of cannabis products should consider to...more
The primary employment-related bills passed in Oregon’s 2022 legislative session relate to pay equity and the Workplace Fairness Act. Oregon employers in particular sectors may also want to be aware of recently passed and...more
On January 1, 2023, Senate Bill 62, the Garment Worker Protection Act, will become effective, making California the first state to ban piece rate pay for garment workers. SB 62 prohibits any “employee engaged in the...more
The close of the 2021 California legislative session brings forth a series of new wage and hour laws that impact employers and take effect on January 1, 2022. Assembly Bill (AB) 286 addresses food delivery, including...more
The California legislature has passed and Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a number of bills that address wage and hour practices and other issues affecting California employers. All bills take effect January 1, 2022, unless...more
On September 22, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 701 (AB 701), another “first in the nation” law, this time taking aim at perceived health and safety issues applicable to certain warehouse...more
Manufacturing employers probably will continue to see an increase in COVID-19-related litigation affecting the industry. Keeping up with recent trends in COVID-19-related litigation can help manufacturers ensure compliance...more
Current Oregon law grants two important rights to manufacturing employees: (1) they are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 10 hours in a single work day; and (2) they may not work more than 55 hours in a workweek...more
The 2019 legislature should clarify that employers may pay a travel stipend to attract workers to commute long distances. Eastern Oregon manufacturers were just hit by the Oregon legislature with a law that limits the number...more
As has been our tradition, January is the time to predict the big developments in the coming year that will impact manufacturers. In January 2017, notwithstanding my “Lawyer’s Shrug,” I predicted Congress was unlikely to...more
Manufacturers who will be affected by the new changes to the overtime rules may be interested in attending a public hearing and/or providing public comment on the development of the Oregon Administrative Rules that BOLI will...more
Oregon Equal Pay Act - In June, Governor Brown signed the Oregon Equal Pay Act of 2017. Although many provisions of the Act do not take effect until January 1, 2019, employers should be aware of the changing legal...more