California’s 2023-2024 legislative session just concluded, and California employers will want to be aware of the following new employment laws that take effect January 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted:
Social Compliance Audits. Effective January 1, 2025, AB 3234 adds sections
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (“RWSA”) into law earlier this month, extending workplace safety measures applicable to many retail employers statewide. The RWSA, which applies to any employer with 10 or more employees selling
After issuing a narrow party-specific, preliminary injunction against enforcement of the non-compete rule in July, the same Texas court issued broader, permanent relief in a ruling issued today in Ryan, LLC v. FTC. Specifically, the court ruled (in granting a
Passed late last year, the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (the “Act”) is expected to go into effect on August 28, 2024. The Act extends protections for freelance workers across New York State and mirrors protections in New York City’s Freelance
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has produced some of the largest jury verdicts ever seen in employment law. These verdicts, some of which exceed $100 million, result from employers’ use of biometric devices without proper notice to employees. Relief
As many large employers in California have experienced, it is all too common to have separate employees file duplicative PAGA actions in separate courts covering the same alleged claims on behalf of the same group of employees. PAGA, of course,
As we previously reported, in April of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule regarding non-compete agreements. The FTC’s rule operates as an almost complete ban on such agreements. Unless enjoined by a court, the rule
Last year, California enacted a law (SB 525) raising the minimum wage for many healthcare workers to as much as $25 per hour. The minimum wage hikes were scheduled to take effect June 1, 2024. However, California has a huge
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) was passed in 2007 and has operated primarily as a means to provide massive revenue to the state and to Plaintiffs’ attorneys. Over the past decade or so, the statute has been the predominant
