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Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Maryland
Maryland’s recently enacted Wage Range Transparency Act amends the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work law, specifically Sections 3-301, 3-304.2, 3-305, and 3-308(e) of Maryland’s Labor and Employment Article Title 3, Subtitle 3.
As a recap, that law prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees by (1) paying a
Posted: | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: FLSA - General
Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - General Tags: PAGA
By: Significant PAGA Reform on the Horizon: What Employers Need to Know (and Do) to Protect Themselves
On June 17, labor and business groups reached an agreement with California Governor Newsom to reform California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). A summary of the deal was announced the following day. The proposed
Posted: | Littler Category: Nevada - Wage & Hour
July 1, 2024, marks the end of Nevada’s two-tiered, annually increased, minimum wage. Effective July 1, 2024, the Nevada minimum wage will increase to $12.00 per hour, regardless of the whether the employer offers employees qualifying health benefits. The July 1, 2024, wage increase is the culmination of Ballot Question
Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - General Tags: Los Angeles
By: Preparing Your Business for Los Angeles County’s Recently Passed Fair Work Week Ordinance
Earlier this year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted and passed the Fair Work Week Ordinance. It is now set to go into effect July 1, 2025. The ordinance applies to any retailer and grocer in
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: PAGA, Power At Work
Recent years have seen an upsurge in union activity. At Amazon warehouses, Starbucks coffee shops, and auto manufacturing plants in the South, workers have asserted their collective interests and, in many cases, won union recognition and significant concessions. Yet unionization efforts have had to contend with one of
Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Stefan Marculewicz talks about a first-of-its-kind German law aimed at cracking down on labor violations and explains why it may result in a clash between US labor law and international standards for the first time.
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Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Cindy-Ann Thomas discusses how the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision to block a grant program for Black women entrepreneurs could negatively impact future inclusion, equity and diversity initiatives.
Legal Dive
Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Erin A. Webber talks about the benefits of being an ABA Full Firm Member.
American Bar Association
Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
Alka Ramchandani-Raj talks to employers about OSHA-recommended accommodations when altering employees’ working hours due to heat-related conditions.
CNN
Posted: | Maynard Nexsen PC Category: HR - Hiring Process
In some industries, worker shortages have caused employers to consider hiring 16- and 17-year-olds for non-hazardous occupations.
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Harvard Business Review
A conversation with coach Jenny Fernandez on delivering negative feedback.
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Fox Business
Donation from Lowe’s will benefit hundreds of students at five community colleges
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: The Street
Some employees are claiming that they are not afraid to continue working from home despite company orders.
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Fortune
Streaming giant Netflix is well known for some of its unusual company guidelines, for example the lack of an expense and holiday policy, and its well known ‘keeper test’.