On November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law that further limits the terms employers may include in release agreements relating to claims of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The law took effect immediately and further broadens the restrictions on release agreements already contained in New York General Obligations Law Section 5-336 (“Section 5-336”). […]
Tastemakers at Vogue say that “red hot knits,” “elevated basics,” and “latte leather jackets” are trending this fall. But nothing, perhaps, was trendier this Labor Day season than labor organizations themselves. In Hollywood, a simultaneous actors’ strike and writers’ strike—the first such overlap in more than 60 years—ground productions to a halt. Those strikes may have been the […]
| On July 24, 2024, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect immediately as a result of a finding of good cause by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on July 23, 2024…. Read More | On […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule in January 2023 that could have a lasting impact on employment contracts. As proposed, the rule would render noncompete clauses invalid and unenforceable, with only a limited exception for non-competes in connection with the sale of a business. The proposed rule would apply nationally, superseding contradictory state […]
When Brian Cranston stuffed a pillow around his waist to play LBJ in “All the Way” on Broadway, the script about President Johnson’s jawboning to get Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed into law only told some of the legislative history. Another actor did play the Congressman from Virginia, Mr. Smith, who […]
Three key changes are coming to Form I-9. First, as of July 31, 2023, employers will no longer be permitted to verify Form I-9 documents remotely. Employers who engaged in remote verification of Form I-9 documents will be required to inspect identity and employment eligibility documents again that were initially inspected remotely, which must be […]