Legal Updates

Effective December 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a final rule creating a new standard for determining joint employer status. Under the new standard, an entity may be considered a joint employer of another employer’s employees if it ... Read More

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has provided helpful FAQs for workers and employers to answer specific yet common questions about the state’s Paid Leave for All Workers Act.  The Act takes effect January 1, 2024. Accrual begins upon the start of ... Read More

Starting November 1, 2023, employers can only use Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, with the August 1, 2023 edition date. A revised Spanish edition of Form I-9 is available for use in Puerto Rico only and by other employers as a translation aid. ... Read More

A new law has been passed in California that increases the minimum wage for a majority of healthcare workers in the state to $25 per hour, regardless of whether they receive a salary or get paid by the hour. The law also ... Read More

Illinois has passed a law that will affect many Chicago-based employers and employees. The state has enacted an employee transportation benefits program, requiring many employers in the greater Chicago area to provide their employees with pre-tax commuter benefits. However, there ... Read More

A new California law, effective January 1, 2024, makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person because of the person’s use of cannabis off ... Read More

A new California law makes it an unlawful employment practice for a covered employer to refuse to grant a request by an eligible employee to take up to 5 days of reproductive loss leave following a “reproductive loss event.” “Reproductive loss event” means ... Read More

The California state legislature has amended its labor code to create a rebuttable presumption in favor of an employee or applicant for employment’s claim that an employer discharged the employee or applicant or in any manner discriminated, retaliated, or took any adverse action against ... Read More

Current California law generally requires, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, an applicant for a contractor’s license or a licensee to have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate ... Read More

California has passed a law concerning the Earned Income Tax Credit Information Act, authorizing employers to notify all employees via e-mail (rather than physical mail) that they may be eligible for specified income tax filing assistance programs and state and federal antipoverty tax ... Read More

A new California law both (1) emphasizes that noncompete agreements and clauses are generally void under current state law, and (2) makes noncompetes not only void, but illegal under state law. The law further requires employers to notify current or former employees ... Read More

Currently, the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) does not allow employees to use accrued paid leave – such as PTO, sick time, and vacation time – while receiving PFMLA benefits. Effective November 1, 2023, however, employees will be ... Read More