Legal Updates

Governor Maura T. Healey recently signed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (H.4890), which increases equity and transparency in pay by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges and protecting an employee’s right to ask for salary ranges.  The legislation ... Read More

Louisiana has limited the time and scope of noncompete agreements for physicians. For primary care physicians, all provisions in an employment contract or agreement that restrain them from practicing medicine may not exceed three years from the effective date of the ... Read More

OSHA recently released its proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention standard for outdoor and indoor work settings. The standard is expected to be finalized later this year. The standard requires all covered employers to create and implement a heat injury and illness ... Read More

Existing California law requires employers to post a notice that includes several key pieces of information regarding workers’ compensation, including the following: California recently passed Assembly Bill 1870, which requires employers to add the following information to the required notice: ... Read More

A new Louisiana law, effective August 1, 2024, affects when employers are required to pay commissions, incentive pay, or bonuses upon the separation of an employee’s employment. Specifically, employers may now enact a policy stating that such payments are due at the time ... Read More

Pennsylvania has passed a new law prohibiting the enforcement of certain noncompete covenants entered into by health care practitioners and employers. An agreement that is entered into between an employer and a health care practitioner which has the effect of impeding the ... Read More

As you know, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that essentially bans noncompete agreements nationwide (with few exceptions). The rule is set to take effect on September 4, 2024. Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ... Read More

Existing California law requires employers who are subject to the workers’ compensation system to keep posted in a conspicuous location frequented by employees and easily read by employees during the hours of the workday a notice that includes, among other ... Read More

Starting August 1, 2024, California employers must comply with a new Cal/OSHA indoor heat illness prevention rule. This regulation is triggered when indoor temperatures reach or exceed 82° F. When temperatures hit 87° F, employers must implement measures such as cooling fans ... Read More

California has passed employer-friendly changes to the state’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves and other employees for Labor Code violations (e.g., an employer fails to provide an ... Read More

As you know, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that essentially bans noncompete agreements nationwide (with few exceptions). The rule is set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, however, ... Read More

Hawaii has amended its unfair labor practices law to make it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting ... Read More