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It is a new year, and there are new requirements in New York and on the federal level for employers to accommodate employees expressing milk following the birth of a child. New York In December, New York passed a law that imposes new obligations on employers providing lactation accommodations. The...
With a passing vote from both the Illinois House and Senate on January 10, 2023, the new “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” is primed to become a new law guaranteeing almost all Illinois workers paid leave for any reason. Also known as SB 208 Amendment 4, the bill is expected to be signed into law by...
Last year, safety compliance in the cannabis industry took on a new dimension when the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited production company Life Essence Inc, d/b/a Trulieve (Trulieve) for an employee’s fatal asthma attack following workplace exposure to ground...
As expected, Governor Hochul recently signed a new pay transparency law ( S.9427-A/A.10477) that will impact nearly every job posting in the state of New York. Like New York City’s pay transparency law that went into effect last year (which WISE blogged about here), employers and recruiting agencies...
Remotely Interested... Still. How Employers Are Handling the Post-Pandemic Workforce Labor and Employment Partner Ruth Rauls will join The Women in Labor and Employment (WILE) Subcommittee for a virtual Roundtable on how remote employment continues to impact the workplace. Panelists will discuss how...
On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ NPRM”), seeking comments on a proposed rule that would effectively ban the use of non-compete agreements, nationwide. In a typical non-compete agreement, employees agree not to work for a...
New protections from discrimination are set to become a reality in Pennsylvania. On December 8, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved a proposed regulation from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) amending the definitions of sex, religious creed, and...
Last week was a busy one for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The agency came out with four significant decisions that either expanded or protected employee rights on issues such as monetary remedies, the right to organize, and the right to protest. Below, we briefly summarize the...
Background Weeks of phone and text banks, TV and radio advertisements, thousands of door-to-door campaigners, as well as strong pro-labor lobbying resulted in the recent passage of the Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment. On November 8, 2022, the Workers’ Rights Amendment (also known as Section 25 of...
On December 7, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Speak Out Act (the “Act”), which prevents courts from enforcing certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses related to claims of sexual assault or harassment. The Act, which was originally sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in...
On November 29, 2022, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division issued an opinion in Zuluga v. Altice USA stating a former employee must arbitrate her sexual harassment claims that arose in October 2021. In doing so, the appellate panel recognized that the Ending Forced Arbitration of...
Effective November 16, 2022, New Jersey will impose additional requirements on both the buyer and seller when a ‘health care entity’ undergoes a change in control. In accordance with S315, which was enacted on August 18, 2021, the State will require the selling health care employer entity to provide...
The New York Labor Law has been amended to clarify that workers may not be punished or disciplined for taking legally protected absences. Under Section 215 of the Labor Law, employers are prohibited from retaliating against workers for enumerated reasons, including instituting certain legal...
Saul Ewing attorneys hosted this fast-paced webinar, providing a list of things you need to know to develop your checklist for legal issues in 2023, from employment, corporate governance, cybersecurity and privacy, intellectual property to tax. Attorneys with specialized knowledge in these areas...
Ruth Rauls, a Partner in the firm's Cannabis Practice, will participate as a speaker during the 2022 Rowan University Cannabis Forum: Assessing the Legalization of Cannabis in New Jersey on its Two-year Anniversary. Ruth's session will cover the implications of cannabis legislation on businesses and...
Ruth Rauls, a Partner in the firm's Cannabis Practice, will participate as a speaker during the Rowan University Cannabis Forum 2022: Assessing the Legalization of Cannabis in New Jersey on its Two-year Anniversary. Ruth's session is entitled "Implications of Cannabis Legislation on Businesses...
From coast to coast, new states are passing laws that require employers to implement clear pay transparency policies, such as providing specific salary ranges in their job postings. These laws are an expansion of the federal Equal Pay Act – which requires equal pay for equal work among similarly...
WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST LEGAL TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN AN EVOLVING WORKPLACE Employers nationwide are experiencing new challenges due to the constant changes in our legal landscape, as well as the complex demands of an evolving workplace and work culture. In this year’s...
By now, business owners and their counsel have become increasingly aware of the high volume of lawsuits filed across the country alleging that commercial websites violate Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and similar state and local laws, for failing to make their websites...
On September 9, 2022, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (the “Commission”) issued guidance for employers on how to evaluate suspected cannabis impairment in the workplace. Although the guidance leaves some questions unanswered, it should provide some comfort to employers operating in an...