State Employment Law Articles

Governor Jeff Landry recently signed into law Act No. 556 , which updates the Louisiana Wage Payment Act (LWPA) to address commissions and plans for incentive payments and bonuses. The new law becomes effective on August 1, 2024.

Executive Summary: On July 1, 2024, the Governor of California signed two pieces of legislation that significantly amended the Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”), a statute which allows an employee, on behalf of the State of California, to sue and recover civil penalties against their employer

Employers with operations in California are all too familiar with how state and local officials continue to restrict the access employers have to public records, including criminal history information.1 For example, lengthy delays in completing standard criminal background checks are now routine in

The City of Philadelphia maintains several employment-specific ordinances that enhance preexisting state and federal employee protections or create new employment rights. Some of these apply even if the employer has only one employee in Philadelphia.

On July 1, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two complementary bills to reform the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). According to Newsom, “This reform is decades in the making—and it’s a big win for both workers and businesses. It streamlines the current system, improves worker protecti

On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission issued a limited stay and preliminary injunction of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule that would render almost all non-compete agreements, with very limited exceptions,

The Rhode Island General Assembly was active during the 2024 legislative session, passing several bills that impact employers and their business practices. Here is a summary of the new laws Rhode Island employers may need to know about.

In Ruiz Mattei v. Commercial Equipment Finance, Inc .,1 the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico determined that claims under the Unjustified Dismissal Act2 and the Workplace Discrimination Act3 are transferable to the employee’s heirs following the employee’s death.

In this episode, Jen discusses two bills Governor Newsom signed this week to make PAGA claims easier to defend and not so much of a nightmare for employers!

Long-awaited PAGA reform legislation (“New PAGA”) brings significant change and some clarification to the 20-year-old law, reconciling previously ambiguous interpretations of the law, as well as adding new provisions that will have far-reaching effects on the litigation of PAGA actions.

On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, Senate Bill 92 and Assembly Bill 2288 , that amend the state’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which deputizes private parties to enforce the Labor Code on behalf of the state.

New York City employers are now required to distribute the “Know Your Rights” notice to all employees and post a copy which includes a QR code and website link; New employees must receive the notice before their first day on the job

Colorado enacted several new laws this session affecting employers. New statutes and amendments add protections for delivery network company drivers, amend the state’s non-compete law, add new protected classifications, create tort liability for AI algorithmic discrimination, amend the state’s priva

Recently-enacted Senate Bill 553 (SB 553) amended the California Labor Code to require most California employers to establish and implement an effective, written workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP) containing specific information by July 1, 2024. An employer’s WVPP must include effective proce

Under the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance, most employers in Cook County, Illinois, must provide their employees in the county up to 40 hours of paid leave that can be used for any reason.

A new Minnesota law taking effect on July 1, 2024, will ban the use of nonsolicitation agreements by staffing agencies and other service providers to prevent their customers, orthe companies that contract for the staffing agency’s services, from soliciting or hiring the staffing agency’s employees w

What do you get when you combine a business-backed ballot initiative, the state legislature and governor’s office, and labor organizations? A deal. California style.

Effective July 1, 2025, an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act will impose new requirements on companies that collect and use biometric information.

The Superior Court of Arizona recently confirmed that state law preempts two local ordinances in Phoenix and Tucson that were set to take effect on July 1, 2024, and would have required construction companies that contract with the cities for certain large projects to pay a prevailing wage.

New laws require Illinois and Cook County employers to provide employees with paid leave that can be used for any reason, while a new Chicago law, effective July 1, 2024, requires Chicago employers to provide both paid leave that can be used for any reason and paid sick leave.