In what is likely the busiest time for workforce reductions since the pandemic began, employers should engage in longer-term, strategic thinking about how to adjust […]

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• Jackson Lewis Filed Under: General (WARN)
In what is likely the busiest time for workforce reductions since the pandemic began, employers should engage in longer-term, strategic thinking about how to adjust […]
• Jackson Lewis Filed Under: General (Labor Law)
Organizing and strike activity will continue its upward trajectory in 2023. Jackson Lewis principals Richard F. Vitarelli and Jonathan J. Spitz say macroeconomic factors (e.g., pay, staffing, health safety), […]
• Jackson Lewis Filed Under: DOL
New rulemaking to raise the salary level for exempt employees and an expected final DOL rule that is expected to make classifying workers as independent […]
• Jones Walker Filed Under: Restrictive Covenants
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking essentially banning non-compete clauses and categorizing them as unfair methods of competition.
A recent federal appeals court case clarifies that, under ERISA, the regulations governing disability plans’ claims review procedures apply to claims that predate the 2018 […]
• Jackson Lewis Filed Under: General (Benefits)
Welcome to Part 8 of our series about the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0) (our other articles may be found on our JL Employee Benefits Blog Post Page). Among the many changes within SECURE 2.0 are two provisions that may help employers reduce the number of retirement plan accounts of terminated vested participants:…
• Ford Harrison Filed Under: Restrictive Covenants
Harry and Meghan are spilling the tea again! Unless you have been hiding under a rock or have been blissfully disconnected from celebrity news, you […]
• Jackson Lewis Filed Under: General (IL)
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled out the possibility of a one-year statute of limitations for claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Tims […]
• Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: Health And Safety (CA)
Workplace violence is a growing concern in California and across the country, as evidenced by numerous recent tragic incidents in the news. These recent incidents […]
• Goldberg Segalla Filed Under: Workers' Compensation (NY)
An agreement between the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board, the Waiver Agreement Management Office (WAMO), the Special Disability Fund, and the Carrier/SIE for a one-time payout […]
• Ogletree Deakins Filed Under: General (NY)
On December 28, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to Section 2 of the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY […]
• Littler Filed Under: General (FL)
The city of Gainesville has passed a Fair Chance Hiring law governing an employer’s use and consideration of a job applicant’s criminal history in making […]
Proskauer labor and employment attorneys consider litigation trends and legislative initiatives aimed at combating race-based hair discrimination, and alert employers to measures they can take to ensure they are following existing state laws.
Disparate parts come together when workers genuinely look out for each other. But loyalty does not stem from 15-minute Zoom sessions, especially when ‘Zoom fatigue’ is endemic.
Most of 10 cities tracked saw RTO hold steady or rise
I’ll never know what it was like to be a working parent in the Before Times. My son was born in October 2020, and I returned to work—remotely—in February 2021.
AI may be the hiring tool of the future, but it could come with the old relics of discrimination.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in 2016 in a case that roiled the school’s football program.
One of the first efforts in the Sen. Bernie Sanders-led Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee will come from Sen. Bob Casey, the senior Democrat from Pennsylvania who will release a bill Thursday to protect everyday workers from spying bosses.
Google, along with other big tech companies, chose to use email to notify employees that they were terminated. As I noted last week, this is the wrong way to terminate people, and your employees deserve better. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe this impersonal form of termination is
The Employment Cost Index, which Federal Reserve officials watch closely as a gauge of pay trends, is picking up more slowly.
You don’t have to follow their lead. Here’s how to set boundaries.
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