Insights

On May 6, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill that restricts New York City employers’ ability to perform credit checks on applicants and employees and use their credit history as a basis for employment...

On April 20, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill requiring the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) to establish a tester program to investigate local employers, labor organizations, and employment...

The District of Columbia Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act, which took effect February 26, 2015, includes new notice and posting obligations for District of Columbia employers, including a requirement to provide written...

In one decision and one rule, the National Labor Relations Board issued two major changes that will greatly impact employers. The first, Purple Communications, 361 NLRB No. 126 (2014), reverses the Board’s prior ruling...

On December 29, 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill eliminating employers’ obligation to provide annual wage notices to employees under the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act.  This change will take effect...

(Updated as of April 24, 2015) The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) recently published Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) regarding California’s new paid sick leave law (AB 1522).  These...

On September 30, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit joined the rest of the federal circuits and the California Supreme Court in holding that employers may require pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate Title...

Under current California law, employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide two hours of sexual harassment training to all supervisors within six months of the individual’s assumption of a supervisory position...

On September 10, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (A.B. 1522) into law, making California the second state, after Connecticut, to require private employers to...

In August 2014, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. joined a growing list of jurisdictions that place limitations on an employer’s ability to obtain information about an applicant’s criminal history.  These laws are often...