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California’s Employment Law Updates For 2025
October 9, 2024
As the California legislative session wrapped up, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills impacting California employers that will go into effect on January 1, 2025.
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Unveils Captive Audience Poster
October 7, 2024
The poster is required to be displayed as of October 1, 2024.
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Massachusetts: Asking About Voluntarily Disclosed Arrest Records Violates Non-Discrimination Laws
October 3, 2024
As you may already know, Massachusetts law prohibits employers from directly asking a prospective or current employee about an arrest that it learns about through an outside source.
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The Perjurer Pays the Piper
October 2, 2024
A former in-house attorney for Lockheed Martin not only had her retaliation claims dismissed, but found herself on the hook for over $90,000 of Lockheed Martin’s attorneys’ fees after lying about her subsequent employment under oath.
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Ontario: Fine Line in the Sand – Applying the SCC, R. v. Sudbury, Decision
October 1, 2024
It’s important not to draw a line in the sand too close to the shore.
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H-2B Cap Reached for First Half of FY 2025
September 26, 2024
On September 19, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for the first half of fiscal year 2025.
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Massachusetts: Court Finds Retention Bonus Not Wages Under MA Wage Act
September 25, 2024
Employers have long utilized retention bonuses to encourage employees to stay employed for a certain period of time, particularly when the job market is favorable to employees.
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California Private Attorneys General Act Reform: What Employers Can Do Now
September 25, 2024
Over the last 20 years, California employers have found out the hard way that the California Private Attorneys’ General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) can turn even the most minor Labor Code violation into an expensive and time-consuming headache.
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EEOC Sues FedEx Over “Fully Healed” Return-to-Work Requirement
September 25, 2024
The agency’s lawsuit is based on a policy it claims the Company maintained in 2019 that ramp transport drivers who were not “100 % healed after 90 days of light duty work were put on unpaid leave without any discussion of accommodations.
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Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 - Part 2: Executive Order 11246
September 24, 2024
I want to take just one or two tenths-of-an-hour of your time (1-12 minutes) to discuss an often-overlooked aspect of retention, promotion, and hiring decisionmaking: employee and applicant testing.
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Issues Important Decision on Paid Family and Medical Leave
September 20, 2024
Last week, the Massachusetts SJC issued its first decision interpreting language in the state Paid Family and Medical Leave law.
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India: September 2024 Employment Law Updates
September 18, 2024
Updates from Worklaw® Network India member King Stubb & Kasiva
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