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New York - General
New York City is deferring enforcement of its first-in-the-nation regulation of the use of AI-driven hiring tools (Local Law 144 of 2021), which was initially slated to go into effect on January 1, 2023. This past Friday (December 12), the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) anno
Benefits - ERISA
First Circuit held that an insurer has a fiduciary duty under ERISA to verify individual employee eligibility for group benefit plan coverage at or near the time of enrollment. Insurers can shift the duty of eligibility verification to employers through the plan’s language.
Benefits - ERISA
Employers offering 401(k) and similar retirement plans should familiarize themselves with a new rule published by the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights , which takes effect o
New Jersey - General
A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would expedite the implementation of significant changes to the state’s WARN law. Back in January 2020, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170 , which radically expanded employers’ advance notice and severance pay obligations under t
HR - General
The World Cup quarter finals are close at hand. We have been following the games with our own matchups, comparing labor and employment laws of participating countries.1 Referees have borne the brunt of player ire over the course of the tournament, but what protections are available when hostility oc
New York - General
NY Department of Health has updated its guidance on return-to-work protocols for healthcare personnel. The protocols for returning to work differ depending on whether the facility is operating under CDC-defined conventional, contingency, or crisis strategies to mitigate healthcare personnel staffing
HR - Whistleblowing
Welcome back to our World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries.1 We kicked off Parts One and Two of this series with vacation and sick leave entitlements.
FLSA - General
On November 30, 2022, the U.S.
New York - General
On November 21, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Bill A8092B (the “lawful absence law”), which amends Section 215 of the New York Labor Law (NYLL), to prohibit employers from disciplining employees who take legally protected time off from work.
Immigration - Employment Eligibility
Dear Littler : We are a multi-state manufacturing company with facilities throughout the United States. Like many companies, we have experienced a great deal of employee turnover in the last few years. Many of our employees are immigrants. As we are advertising for and hiring new employees, can we r
HR - Education Industry
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently issued new guidance regarding name, image, and likeness (NIL) endorsement deals with college athletes. The NCAA’s most recent guidance aims to provide clarity on NIL rules and is important for all businesses entering NIL deals with collegi
Title VII - EEO-1
Readers will recall that in August 2022, OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register advising employers that it was the subject of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking EEO-1 data from all federal contractors, including first-tier subcontractors, for the period 2016-2020.
Nevada - General
Nevada voters passed a $12.00 per hour minimum wage to take effect July 1, 2024. The ballot initiative will eliminate Nevada’s unique two-tier minimum wage system that had differentiating wages for whether the employer offered health insurance or not.
HR - Drugs & Alcohol
Over the course of the World Cup, we have been publishing our own matchups, comparing various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries. Parts One and Two of this series examined timeouts (vacation) and sick leave entitlements.
New York - General
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law eight pieces of legislation designed to combat human trafficking. These laws require many hospitality industry employers to provide specific anti-human-trafficking awareness training to employees. They also require certain hospitality and
HR - General
Welcome to week 2 of our Littler World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the countries competing the following week. In Part 1 of this series, we examined paid vacation and annual leave entitlements available to employees who might be
Colorado - General
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of jurisdictions enacted sick leave laws specifically designed for absences due to COVID-19. Some states, however, enacted permanent changes to their leave laws that apply during a “public health emergency,” which can apply both to COVID-19 as well as
California - Cal/OSHA
During a meeting of the Cal/OSHA Standards Board on November 17, 2022, Cal/OSHA’s Chief Deputy for Health and Research Standards unequivocally stated that no further modifications will be made to the proposed non-emergency COVID regulation (CA Non-Emergency Regulation) that the Board will vote to ap
FMLA - ADA, Interplay
One of the best parts of my job is the chance to talk shop with other employment attorneys who, like me, work in the trenches with employers to help them comply with the FMLA and ADA. So, when my friend Eric Meyer reached out to me to join him
D.C. - Wage & Hour
On November 8, 2022, Washington D.C. voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 82 or the “District of Columbia Tip Credit Elimination Act.” As a result, the tip credit for D.C. tipped wage workers will be gradually phased out by 2027, at which time employers must pay their tipped employees the applica