Most employers look for legal updates on new laws impacting their business at the start or end of each year. However, the laws and ordinances discussed below are effective on July 1, 2024.
Archives for June 18, 2024
Tanya Bovée and James Shea Discuss Tanya’s Recent Edwin Archer Randolph Award
Tanya Bovée and James Shea discuss Tanya’s recent receipt of the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity’s Edwin Archer Randolph Award for her dedication to fostering inclusivity within the legal industry, alongside her experience in representing employers and advancing DEI initiatives in “Connecticut Movers: Celebrating an Annual Award and Effective Teamwork at 2 Firms,” published by the Connecticut Law Tribune.
Richard Mrizek Discusses EEOC’s Policy Priorities and Amicus Program
Richard Mrizek discusses the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proactive engagement in various legal areas, including addressing AI liability in hiring processes, interpreting recent Supreme Court rulings, supporting affirmative action and tackling religious bias through its amicus program in “Robust EEOC Amicus Program Tackles AI, High Court Rulings,” published by Law360.
The 2023 National Labor Relations Board’s Joint-Employer Rule in Flux
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged the NLRB’s 2023 Rule, arguing the Rule is unlawfully overbroad and would negatively affect franchisors-franchisees, contractors-subcontractors, and staffing agencies-user employers.
Jones Walker LLP Recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce that the firm and 47 attorneys have been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2024 guide.
Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Ilir Imeri
Goldberg Segalla added Ilir Imeri to the firm’s Worker’s Compensation group in Chicago.
2024 Midyear State and Local Minimum Wage Increases
Several state and local minimum wage rates will soon increase, beginning on July 1, 2024. This article provides the state and major locality minimum wage increases for mid-2024 only, along with related changes in the minimum cash wage for tipped employees where applicable. The new rates are in bold text.
Rates Up, Dude – Surfing the Wave of U.S. Minimum Wage, Tipped, and Exempt Employee Pay Increases that Will Occur on July 1, 2024
While some across the United States are working on their tans, many employers are working on managing their labor budgets so they don’t get burned by increases in minimum pay standards for non-exempt, tipped, and certain overtime-exempt employees that will take effect on July 1, 2024. Before lathering up for
Three in a Row! Littler Adds Third Partner in Just Two Months to Growing Toronto Office
TORONTO (June 17, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, continues its hiring streak in Toronto today with the addition of Matthew Badrov as a partner. Badrov, who joins from Sherrard Kuzz, marks Littler’s third partner addition in Toronto in recent months, following the
July 2024 Visa Bulletin Shows Retrogression in Worldwide EB-3 Final Action Date
The U.S. Department of State’s July 2024 Visa Bulletin confirms prior predictions of backlogs in the employment-based immigrant visa process for EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers. According to the State Department, high demand has made it “necessary to retrogress the worldwide EB-3 final action date” by more than eleven months—to
Supreme Court Will Consider Whether Employers Have Heightened Burden for Demonstrating Overtime Exemption
On June 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to hear a wage and hour case concerning whether employers must meet a higher burden of proof to demonstrate that workers are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Different School of Thought, Part II: New Title IX Regulations Blocked in Ten States
On June 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction staying enforcement of the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulations. The rules were scheduled to go into effect on August 1, 2024. The injunction applies to Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee,
First Test of FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Will Be Without Oral Argument
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By: First Test of FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Will Be Without Oral Argument
The Federal Trade Commission promulgated regulations that stand to ban non-compete agreements in employment relationships nationwide. These regulations are scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024.
Qualtrics’ ‘chief workplace psychologist’ on how to address employee burnout
Workers are having a tough go. Toxic job expectations and poor work-life balance are throwing employees into energy, engagement and productivity crises. Some are so fed up that they’re thinking about walking away altogether.
Humour can make you a better workplace leader, if you use it properly – here’s how
When asked to describe an ideal organisational leader, many people might be inclined to use quite serious adjectives such as solemn, determined or results-oriented.