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Florida - General
A bulletin on employment, labor, benefits, and immigration law.
Pennsylvania - General
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter has vetoed legislation that would require local employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.
New Mexico
New Mexico’s new equal pay law, the Fair Pay for Women Act (“FPWA”), prohibits wage discrimination based on an employee’s sex and allows employees to bring wage discrimination claims directly in court, without first filing with any administrative agency. Signed by Governor Susan Martinez, the FPWA a
Indiana
Legislation under consideration in Indiana would require all public and charter schools to have a trained, armed “school protection officer” on the school’s premises during regular school hours. If adopted, the legislation (Ind. S.B. 1, as amended, Apr. 2, 2013) would be the first in the nation to r
California - Class Actions
Class certification is unwarranted where auto center managers and assistant managers alleged they were improperly classified as exempt and denied overtime and meal and rest breaks in violation of the California Labor Code, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Affirming a trial court determinati
Tennessee - Workers' Compensation
An on-call surgical technician injured while driving home after assisting with an emergency surgery at a hospital was eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, the Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided. Shannon v. Roane Med. Ctr., Tenn., No. E2011-02649-WC-R3-WC (Mar. 13, 2013). The Special Work
Ohio
An employee’s claim of sexual orientation harassment is not viable under the Ohio Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination because of sex, the Ohio Court of Appeals has ruled. Inskeep v. Western Res. Transit Auth., 2013-Ohio-897 (Ohio Ct. App. Mar. 8, 2013).
Oregon - General
Following examples set by San Francisco to the South, and Seattle to the North, the Portland, Oregon, City Council unanimously passed Portland’s new sick leave ordinance. The new law imposes significant burdens on employers in addition to mandating up to 40 hours of annual sick leave. The new sick l
New York - Human Rights Law
New York City is joining other jurisdictions, such as New Jersey, Oregon and the District of Columbia, with a law prohibiting discrimination against the unemployed. The New York City Council, on March 13, 2013, by a vote of 44 to 4 overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of legislation amending the
Louisiana - General
An employer’s dispute resolution program, stating that it was not “intended to violate or restrict any rights of employees guaranteed by state or federal laws,” did not give rise to the right to a jury trial, and so an employee was required to submit his age discrimination claim to binding arbitrati
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
An employee who was disabled as a result of her pregnancy and had exhausted all leave under California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (“PDLL”) and the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) was entitled to additional leave as a reasonable accommodation under the California Fair Employment and Housing
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
An employee who was discharged after seeking an extension of his leave of absence was a qualified individual entitled to proceed with his disability discrimination claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, even though he was totally disabled while on leave, where leave may be a rea
Texas
Matching bills introduced in the Texas House and Senate would amend the Texas right-to-work law to require that labor unions be elected in a secret ballot election by a majority of employees in the unit the union seeks to represent. The current right-to-work law requires a “majority vote of the memb
New Jersey - General
The “Opportunity to Compete Act,” a New Jersey Senate bill (S.2586), seeks to establish “certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.” Citing the dramatic increase in employers’ use of criminal background checks, the bill declares that employment barriers based upon criminal backgr
New Jersey - Wage & Hour
New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie has vetoed legislation passed by the New Jersey Senate and Assembly (S3/A2162) that would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour and based future increases on the consumer price index (CPI). While issuing his conditional veto on
North Carolina - Unemployment Compensation
On his second day as Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory signed into law a comprehensive reform of the state’s unemployment insurance system. The new law applies to new claims for unemployment benefits filed on or after July 1, 2013. One of House Bill 4’s stated purposes is to address North Caro
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
California employers should be prepared to welcome support dogs and other animals into the workplace as a reasonable accommodation for disabled workers requiring support under new disability regulations issued by the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission. The new regulations significantl
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
To establish liability in “mixed motive” employment discrimination cases under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the employee must show that unlawful discrimination was a substantial factor motivating the adverse employment decision, the California Supreme Court ruled. Harris v.
California - Employee Benefits
Is the special salary continuation benefit payable only to public safety officers under California’s workers’ compensation law subject to the 104-week limit on payments for a temporary disability? The California Court of Appeal concluded that it is and has annulled an order directing Alameda County
Illinois - General
Chicago has added teeth to existing wage laws by stiffening penalties for employers engaged in “wage theft.” Wage theft is broadly defined as violating wage laws, for example, by failing to pay workers overtime or minimum wage.