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Texas
Texas has joined 47 other states and the District of Columbia in adopting the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The new law, Texas Senate Bill 953, which will go into effect on September 1, 2014, provides a number of protections for trade secrets in Texas. New Jersey most recently enacted a law to protect
Minnesota - General
A new law signed by Governor Mark Dayton will significantly change how Minnesota employers gather and use information about job applicants’ criminal history. The new “ban the box” law, referring to the criminal history check-off box found on many employment applications, will prohibit private employ
Indiana
Indiana Governor Mike Pence has signed into law legislation permitting individuals arrested or convicted of certain crimes to have those records expunged. In addition, the new law (House Enrolled Act 1482) prohibits an employer from discriminating against any person because a conviction or arrest re
Colorado - General
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has signed into law the “Family Care Act” (“FCA”), expanding coverage of job-protected medical leave to include an employee’s partner in a civil union or domestic partner. The FCA will take effect on August 7, 2013. However, if a referendum petition is filed again
New York - Labor Law
New York City is poised to require employers to provide their workers with sick days. The City Council, by a vote of 45-3, has passed legislation requiring New York City private-sector employers, outside of the manufacturing industry, to provide paid (or unpaid, for certain employers) sick time to e
New Jersey - Restrictive Covenants
A bill that would “invalidate” non-compete, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation agreements entered into between an employer and its former employee, if the former employee is eligible for unemployment benefits following the cessation of his or her employment, has been introduced in the New Jersey S
Nebraska
“Paid time off” (PTO) hours are indistinguishable from earned vacation time under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act; accordingly, since that Act requires an employer to pay earned but unused vacation leave to an employee upon separation of employment, employers must likewise pay terminati
Missouri - Restrictive Covenants
Shawn Kee and Jessica Liss write on the Jackson Lewis website about two recent cases interpreting Missouri law on non-competes, Whelan Security v. Kennebrew, 379 S.W.3d 835 (Mo. 2012) and TLC Vision (USA) Corp. v. Freeman, 2012 WL 5398671 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 2, 2012).
California - General
An arbitration agreement contained in an employee handbook was not invalid simply because the employer could change the handbook in its discretion, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Serpa v. California Surety Investigations, Inc., No. B237363 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2013). Reversing an order
Colorado - General
Effective July 1, 2013, Colorado becomes the ninth state to restrict an employer’s right to obtain and use credit information for making employment decisions. Colorado joins California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
Tennessee - Wage & Hour
An amendment to Tennessee’s Wage Regulations Act eliminating private suits for state wage-hour violations and giving the state Department of Labor exclusive power to enforce the law has been signed by Governor Bill Haslam. Previously, aggrieved workers could initiate a civil court proceeding; now, t
Georgia - Restrictive Covenants
As previously reported in a legal alert issued by Jackson Lewis on May 12, 2011, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act into law almost two years ago, on May 11, 2011. Since that time, many employers have required employees to sign new covenants that comply with th
Louisiana - General
An “accommodation of underlings” was not a reasonable accommodation as a matter of law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled, affirming summary judgment in favor of the employer in a disability discrimination case under the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law. Bell v. Hercules L
New Jersey - General
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed legislation that would have expanded the definition of projects requiring greater use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for New Jersey’s public works. Governor Christie cited the detrimental effect the bill (S2425) could have on the continued Hurricane
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
A trial court properly excluded an employee’s “me too” evidence of alleged discrimination against employees of races different than the plaintiff’s, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in a race and national origin discrimination case under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Hatai
California - General
“Agencies are barred from using a partner in a law firm as an advocate in a contested matter and another partner from the same law firm as an advisor to the decision maker in the same matter,” the California Court of Appeal has ruled in an arbitration case involving the termination of a police offic
North Carolina - General
A bulletin on employment, labor, benefits and immigration law.
New Mexico
New Mexico and Utah are joining California, Illinois, Maryland and Michigan in limiting employers’ access to social media accounts.
Nebraska
A Federal Court in Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction enforcing an employee non-compete agreement in a case that explains, for the first time, what a Nebraska court may consider “solicitation.” The case, Farm Credit Services of America v. Opp, No. 8:12-cv-382 (D. Neb. 2013), involved a crop in
New York - Wage & Hour
After significant lobbying and legislative haggling, Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 29, 2013, signed legislation that increases the New York State minimum wage rate starting December 31, 2013. This is New York’s first minimum wage increase since July 24, 2009, when it was increased to match to feder