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Minnesota: New Laws Taking Effect on January 1, 2025 and Employment Law Considerations following the 2024 Presidential Election
November 18, 2024
There are a number of laws going into effect on January 1, 2025, that will have wide-reaching ramifications for Minnesota employers. The following is a summary.
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Overtime Salary Hike Struck Down
November 15, 2024
Justice doesn’t usually move fast, but it did this time.
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NLRB GC to Seek Broad Remedies for Non-Compete and Stay-or-Pay Provisions – Part II
November 15, 2024
As we noted in Part I of this special two-part blog, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued an important policy memorandum last month. Here, Part II addresses stay-or-pay provisions, the GC’s legal position that such provisions are presumptively unlawful, and the remedies she will seek for employees subject to stay-or-pay provisions.
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India: November 2024 Employment Law Updates
November 14, 2024
Updates from Worklaw® Network India member King Stubb & Kasiva
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NLRB Finds Captive Audience Meetings Illegal
November 14, 2024
Relying on Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB 577 (1948), employers have long been using so called “captive audience meetings” to express their view to employees regarding unionization.
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Update on FLSA Salary Hike
November 13, 2024
On Friday, November 8, 2024, a Texas federal judge heard arguments in the case of Texas v. U.S. Department of Labor, challenging the DOL’s regulation raising the salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions to the overtime requirements of Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Missouri: Voters Approve Paid Sick Time and Increasing the Minimum Wage
November 11, 2024
In the November 5, 2024 General Election, Missouri voters approved Proposition A by a vote of 58% to 42%.
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Sick Leave for Pets?
November 7, 2024
The New York City Council is considering a bill that would allow employees to take their statutory sick and safe leave to care for a sick pet.
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SCOTUS Set to Take On Important Employment Law Cases
November 5, 2024
In October, the Supreme Court of the United States (also known as “SCOTUS”) began hearing cases for its 2024 -2025 term.
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Lilly Ledbetter and the Fight to Equal Pay
October 30, 2024
On October 14, 2024, Lilly Ledbetter, an unintentional icon in the fight for equal pay, passed away at the age of 86. Ledbetter filed a lawsuit in 1999 that sparked an equal pay movement throughout the United States.
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Maryland’s Proposed FAMLI Regulations Are Finally Here – What Do They Say?
October 27, 2024
On October 18, 2024, the Maryland Department of Labor finally issued its proposed regulations to implement Maryland’s paid family and medical leave insurance (FAMLI) law.
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Massachusetts: Earned Sick Leave Statute Amended to Allow Employees Time Off for Certain Fertility and Other Reproduction-Related Issues
October 25, 2024
The Massachusetts Earned Sick Leave Act (“ESL”) was recently amended.
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