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March 13, 2024

County of Los Angeles Enacts a Sweeping Fair Chance Ordinance for the Unincorporated Areas of the County that Far Exceeds Federal and California Law

Employers with jobs located in the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles will soon need to navigate another layer of burdensome regulations based on the County’s new fair chance hiring ordinance.

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March 13, 2024

Probing in Procurement – Recent Decisions May Prompt Review of Supplier Diversity Programs

A Texas federal district court judge has decided that the Minority Business Development Agency’s policies that provide financial assistance to minority-owned businesses are unconstitutional.

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March 13, 2024

Canada Launches Employment Equity Data Visualization Tool on Representation Rates and Pay Gaps

Last month Canada’s federal government announced the launch of a new employment equity data visualization tool called Equi’Vision.

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March 13, 2024

Ontario, Canada Government Repeals Bill 124 in its Entirety After Appeal Court Decision

The Government of Ontario has repealed Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, which had limited public sector wage increases.

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March 13, 2024

What should we be doing to protect our trade secret information, particularly now that so many of our employees are working remotely?

Maintaining the secrecy of your company’s trade secret information can be challenging in a remote work environment.

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March 12, 2024

Strike Two… Eleventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Florida “Stop-WOKE” Law; Confirms the Law Violates First Amendment

On March 4, 2024, a unanimous three-judge panel not only upheld and continued the preliminary injunction against Florida’s “Stop WOKE” law, but also went further, determining it is unconstitutional.

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March 10, 2024

Federal Court Vacates NLRB Joint Employer Rule, Restores 2020 “Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Standard

On March 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down regulations promulgated by the National Labor Relations Board defining joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act.

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March 11, 2024

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Termination Clauses in Fixed-Term Employment Agreement Unenforceable

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the termination provisions of a fixed-term employment contract were illegal and unenforceable because they did not comply with the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

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March 8, 2024

New Jersey Enacts “Bill of Rights” for Domestic Workers

The NJ Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, one of three laws signed in early January relating to protecting immigrants and part of the Murphy administration’s larger effort to build a more inclusive state for all citizens, will take effect in July 2024.

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March 6, 2024

Littler Lightbulb: February Appellate Roundup

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.

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