New York State Expands Protections for Domestic Violence Victims
New Chicago Ordinance Requiring Advance Notice Of Work Schedules
Chicago is the most recent city to adopt a “predictive scheduling” ordinance, the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance.
Effective July 1, 2020, employers subject to the Ordinance must provide advance notice of work schedules to covered employees. If changes are made to the posted schedule, employers must pay additional wages, “predictability pay,” as a penalty. This penalty applies to both increases and reductions of shifts.…
State Updates Website on Employer Reporting for New Jersey Health Insurance Mandate—Again
Repeated Strikes in Furtherance of Common Goal Defeats Protected Status for Strikers
Key Points
Direct evidence of a plan to engage in repeated strikes to achieve a common goal establishes that such strikes are unprotected, intermittent strikes.
Only in the absence of direct evidence will the Board consider extenuating circumstances to evaluate whether multiple strikes constitute protected activity.
On July 25, 2019, a majority of the NLRB (Board) decided in Walmart Stores, Inc, and The Organization United for Respect at Walmart (Our Walmart), that direct…
Sweeping NJ “Wage Theft” Law Exponentially Expands Exposure for Wage Claims
Will Assembly Bill 5 – and the Answer to the Question of … What Test Applies When Classifying Independent Contractors … Make it to the Governor’s Desk this Year?
If you’re like me – and thousands of other attorneys, business owners, and individuals in California – you’ve probably been following the progress of Assembly Bill (“AB”) 5 and holding your breath and wondering with anticipation if Governor Newsom will sign the Bill if it makes it to his desk. As a reminder, AB 5 is the proposed Bill to codify the decision in Dynamex v. Superior Court so that the very strict “ABC Test”…
What You Should Know about Employment Litigation in Switzerland
In recent months we have been privileged to have sitting with us in our Labour & Employment team Anela Lucic, Employment attorney at leading Swiss commercial lawyers Vischer. After an eye-opening glimpse into English employment law and practice, here is Anela’s brief summary of the Swiss position.…
Costs of doing business in California
Does a Third-Party’s Bonus Payment to Your Employees Require You to Pay More Overtime? Citing Clark Griswold, Appeals Court Says Not Necessarily.
DHS Promulgates Public Charge Rule to “Promote Self-Sufficiency,” Penalize Reliance on Public Benefits
