Three months into the new legislative year, with all but a handful of state legislatures currently in session, clear employment law trends for 2023 have emerged.
New York Governor Hochul has signed into law amendments to the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which regulates the use of work-related “quotas” in warehouse settings.
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month.
With one day left to spare before the deadline to introduce new bills, on February 16, 2023, California Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-41) introduced Assembly Bill 1228, the “Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act.”
The 9th Circuit has held that the FAA preempts AB 51, which attempted to prohibit employers from requiring employees to waive, as a condition of employment, the right to litigate claims under the FEHA and the California Labor Code.
On February 14, 2023, OFCCP announced that it was again extending the deadline for employers to file objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 data in response to a FOIA request from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
OFCCP issued yet another notice today regarding its handling of a FOIA request for production of all federal contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 data from 2016 through 2020.
Over the past several years, Connecticut’s legislature has enacted some significant employment laws that have re-shaped the workplace and posed new challenges for Connecticut employers. The 2023 legislative session looks to be no exception.
New Jersey has enacted Assembly Bill No. A1474/S511, commonly known as the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights,” which establishes numerous labor and employment protections for large portions of New Jersey’s more than one 125,000 temporary workers.
President Biden signed a new whistleblower law that significantly increases the risk and cost of whistleblower claims for domestic and overseas financial services institutions that must be cognizant of anti-money laundering laws and regulations.
