Legal Updates

New York has passed a pivotal law prohibiting employers from discriminating against an employee for their refusal to (i) attend an employer-sponsored meeting with the employer, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer’s opinion concerning religious or political matters; or ... Read More

New York has passed a law that amends employer requirements for employee disclosures in the state. The law prevents employers from requesting, requiring, or coercing their employees or job applicants to reveal information such as their usernames, passwords, or any other methods ... Read More

Governor Hochul of New York recently signed a bill relating to notice of eligibility for unemployment benefits. This amendment mandates that every employer, subject to unemployment benefit regulations, must inform their employees about their right to apply for unemployment benefits.  This notice ... Read More

A new law in Delaware introduces significant changes to the statute of limitations regarding the Delaware Department of Labor’s ability to pursue civil actions for the recovery of overpaid unemployment benefits. Under this law, a five-year statute of limitations is established for ... Read More

Delaware has recently passed a new law that significantly expands the permissible limits on compensatory and punitive damage awards in cases involving employment discrimination. This legislation establishes specific monetary caps, based on the number of the respondent’s employees, including:  Additionally, the law ... Read More

New York Senate Bill 2832, effective immediately, amends the state’s penal law to add wage theft to the definition of “larceny” in the state. The law explains that a person obtains property by wage theft when he or she hires ... Read More

A new Kentucky administrative regulation establishes the registration and reporting requirements that an unemployed worker is required to meet to draw unemployment benefits. Specifically, an unemployed worker must be registered for work with a state employment service before he or ... Read More

Effective September 6, 2023, the New York state legislature has amended the state’s workers’ compensation law, providing that the compensation for permanent or temporary partial disability, or for permanent or temporary total disability due to an accident or disablement resulting ... Read More

Although Kentucky’s unemployment insurance statute authorizes the Education and Labor Cabinet to prescribe by administrative regulation the period of time that constitutes a week of unemployment for the purpose of administering the state’s Unemployment Insurance Program, the state legislature has adopted a ... Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has clarified that all Form I‑9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) requirements remain in effect for areas affected by the 2023 Hawaii wildfire. That is, all employers must continue to complete and retain Form I‑9 for all individuals ... Read More

Emphasizing that existing state law generally voids contractual provisions by which a person is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind (with certain exceptions), California has passed a new bill establishing that any contract that is void as ... Read More

Effective immediately, the New York state legislature has amended Section 296-c of the New York Human Rights Law (“Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to interns”) to add gender identity or expression as a protected class for purposes of the intern provision of the law. In ... Read More