A wave of labor strikes in October of 2021 led experts to dub the month “Striketober.” And this year, we saw the trend continue as companies across the nation faced a number of work stoppages through late-September and October. As
Labor Days
News and Analysis from Kelley Drye’s Labor and Employment Practice
Labor Days is a blog published by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP that focuses on labor and employment law developments. It covers topics such as National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) policies and procedures, wage and hour regulations including overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), workplace accommodations for pregnant and postpartum workers under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), and litigation trends involving arbitration agreements and representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The blog also addresses legal implications of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and other employment-related regulatory changes affecting employers and employees.
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BIPA Goes on Trial
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been on the books as one of the nation’s most protective biometric privacy statutes since 2008. It was also one of the first to give individuals a cause of action for monetary…
Compliance Reminder – NYC Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect November 1, 2022
The NYC Pay Transparency Law will go into effect this week. Starting November 1, 2022, employers with four or more employees advertising jobs in NYC must include the minimum and maximum salary that the employer believes in good faith at…
An Employer’s Guide to NYC’s New AI Law – Are You in Compliance?
The Great Resignation of 2021 and 2022 has spawned what we are calling “The Great Rehire.” To sort through the deluge of new applicants, many employers have become more reliant on technology such as artificial intelligence and automated employment decision…
WEBINAR: Protecting Your (Human) Resources: Fighting Business Email Compromise and Ransomware
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 12:30pm ET
HR employees are, willingly or not, the guardians of the company’s most sensitive collection of data—its employee’s personal information. Cybercriminals often perceive the human resources department as the perfect gateway into a company’s…
Pay Transparency Expansion in California
With the recent expansion of pay transparency laws in Colorado, New York City, and Washington, it should come as no surprise to employers that California has also opted to expand its existing pay transparency laws.
On September 27, 2022, California…
New York Employers Must Take Action to Secure Insurance Coverage for the Coming Wave of Sexual Abuse Claims Under the Adult Survivors Act
On November 24, 2022, New York will open a one-year “lookback” window that will revive older sexual abuse claims that were previously barred by applicable statues of limitations and allow victims to file suit against responsible parties regardless of when…
The New Regulatory Frontier: Using AI Tools is About to Become More Difficult
Employers can be forgiven for diverting their attention during the past three years to pressing pandemic-related employment issues—vaccine mandates, return-to-work challenges, managing hybrid workforces, with all the novel and thorny legal issues that emerged from a transformed workplace. But in…
Déjà Vu – The NLRB Looks to Implement Prior Joint Employer Standard
On September 7, 2022, the NLRB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to replace the Trump-era final joint employer rule, which provided that an employer would be considered a joint employer under the NLRA only where it exercised…
Dire Straits? The FTC’s Expanding Non-Compete Enforcement Seeks to Narrow Sale-of-Business Agreements
Back in July 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14036 directing the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to “address agreements that may unduly limit workers’ ability to change jobs.” As a result, gallons of ink were spilled by practitioners across the…