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Minnesota 2024 Legislative Session Update: Earned Sick and Safe Time Amendments
June 20, 2024
After only having been effective since January 1, 2024, the Minnesota legislature has already made numerous significant amendments to the various Earned Sick and Safe Time statutes.
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So, A Union’s Own Unionized Workers Go On Strike…
June 19, 2024
There was a bit of schadenfreude with the news that employees engaged in a strike due to unfair labor practices allegedly committed by their employer – who happens to be both a union and unionized!
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India: June 2024 Employment Law Updates
June 13, 2024
Updates from Worklaw® Network India member King Stubb & Kasiva
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2024 Immigration Developments & Their Impact on Employment
June 13, 2024
It may come as no surprise that over the past couple of years there have been much higher rates of immigration than had previously been projected.
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NLRB Injunctions Are Now More Difficult to Obtain, At Least in Some Jurisdictions
June 13, 2024
In Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, the Supreme Court held that a more stringent test applied to lawsuits filed by the National Labor Relations Board that seek injunctions to halt serious labor violations.
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OSHA's New Inspection Rule Takes Effect
June 12, 2024
When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducts a workplace inspection, the agency’s long-standing rule has been that employees can designate a representative to accompany the inspector, but the representative must be a current employee. No longer.
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Recent Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Lower Standard of Harm for Job Transfers under Title VII
June 11, 2024
In a recent decision, Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standard for determining whether an adverse employment action is a sufficient basis for a discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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New Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Rules Finalized, Effective July 1
June 10, 2024
In May 2024, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection published the final rules supporting Chicago’s new Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. Both the ordinance and the rules go into effect on July 1, 2024.
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India: What Will the Implementation of the New Labour Codes Mean for Companies?
June 6, 2024
Worklaw® Network India member King Stubb & Kasiva brings you the key implications of the New Labour Codes.
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Three Overtime Rule Lawsuits, Three Judges – What Now?
June 5, 2024
As most employers (hopefully) know, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule that will significantly increase the salary threshold for the exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.
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Wait – the EEOC Is Really Serious About the EEO-1 Filing Requirement!
May 31, 2024
Many companies treat the annual EEO-1 filing requirement with, let’s say, some lack of urgency.
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Understanding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
May 30, 2024
Over the past year the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been creating regulations for the implementation of the PWFA. Those regulations were recently issued and take effect on June 18, 2024.
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