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New California Law Extends Defamation Privilege to Communications Related to Sexual Harassment Claims and Investigations
July 27, 2018 | Blog | By Paul Huston
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law A.B. 2770, creating new protections for employers, witnesses, and complainants from defamation lawsuits related to making, assisting, or discussing good-faith sexual harassment claims and investigations.
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California Clarifies its Salary History Ban
July 27, 2018 | Blog
Earlier this month, Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 2282 into law, clarifying several unanswered questions concerning California’s salary history ban.
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Massachusetts Legislature Proposes Limited Relief for Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) Supplemental Payments
July 25, 2018 | Blog
In a series of blog posts going back to last August, we reported on certain amendments to the Massachusetts Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) rules. As we previously explained, the EMAC contributions are required of employers with more than five employees in Massachusetts.
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Association Health Plan Perspectives (Part 1): Determining the Status of an AHP as “Fully-Insured”
July 24, 2018 | Blog
This is the first post in a blog series exploring the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently issued final regulation governing Association Health Plans (AHPs). While AHPs can be either fully-insured or self-funded, the final regulation provides rules that are generally more useful to the former than the latter.
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The Bubbler – July 2018
July 3, 2018 | Blog
Welcome to July! As we head deeper into the summer, the employment law world continues to heat up (and we’re not just talking about the record temperatures across the country!). We have rounded up the most recent developments impacting employers here.
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Massachusetts Governor Signs Law Establishing Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, Increasing Minimum Wage, and Eliminating Sunday/Holiday Premium Pay
June 29, 2018 | Blog
On June 28, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a law affecting all employers in the Commonwealth by creating a paid family and medical leave program funded by a state payroll tax, increasing the state minimum wage, and eliminating premium pay requirements for work performed on Sundays and certain holidays.
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DOL Issues Final Regulation re: Association Health Plans
June 29, 2018 | Blog | By Natalie C. Groot
It's not unusual for a creditor of a debtor to cry foul that a non-debtor affiliate has substantial assets, but has not joined the bankruptcy.
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New York Appellate Court Vacates Arbitration Award It Says Violated Public Policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment
June 13, 2018 | Blog | By Natalie C. Groot
In our sister blog, ADR: Advice from the Trenches, Don Davis explores back-to-back decisions by New York’s intermediate appellate court that applied very narrow state law principles permitting vacatur of an arbitration award on public policy grounds to vacate an arbitrator’s award that had reduced the employer-posed penalty of termination to a brief suspension.
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“Ban the Box” Updates in Massachusetts
June 8, 2018 | Blog | By Natalie C. Groot
“Ban the Box” laws prohibit or limit an employer’s ability to ask a job applicant about his or her criminal record. States, counties and cities have enacted this legislation to help applicants with criminal records combat additional barriers to securing employment. We’ve written about these laws as enacted in New Jersey, Washington, D.C., New York City, and California.
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The Bubbler - June 2018
June 6, 2018 | Blog | By Natalie C. Groot
With the summer kicking off, it is a good opportunity for employers to review and refresh their employment practices to ensure compliance with developments on the federal, state and legal landscape.This Bubbler Post will review our earlier guidance and (hopefully!) prompt you to review your employment practices:
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Maryland Jumps on #MeToo Bandwagon With New Act Creating Significant Obligations for Employers
May 24, 2018 | Blog
On May 15, 2018, Governor Hogan signed into law the “Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018” (the “Act”). The Act will go into effect on October 1, 2018, and contains two new obligations with which Maryland employers will need to comply.
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In a landmark opinion on an important issue to employers, the Supreme Court held yesterday that employers can enforce class action waivers in arbitration agreements – leaving employers nationwide asking “what does this decision mean for us?” This post aims to answer that question.
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The Rising Tide of ADA Litigation Against Health Care Entities
May 15, 2018 | Blog
Over the past several years, health care entities have increasingly become the target of private and government plaintiffs complaining of disability discrimination. A crescendo of litigation has engulfed the health care industry
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The Bubbler - May 2018
May 7, 2018 | Blog | By Paul Huston
The California Supreme Court issued an important decision this week addressing the test for whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Seventh Circuit decision upholding an employer’s rule that a months-long leave of absence was not a reasonable accommodation.
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Update on Salary History Laws: The Ban Expands to Westchester, NY
May 4, 2018 | Blog
Following in the footsteps of neighboring jurisdictions such as New York City, Albany County, and Massachusetts, on April 10, 2018, Westchester County enacted legislation to ban inquiries into a job applicant’s salary history.
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California Rewrites the Independent Contractor Test – What Your Business Needs To Do Now to Pass It
May 3, 2018 | Blog | By Jennifer Rubin
This week, the California Supreme Court rejected the old “totality of circumstances” test to determine if a worker was properly classified as an independent contractor in favor of a new “ABC test” under which employers will be required to classify most workers as employees.
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Revenge of the HIRDs—The New Massachusetts Employer Healthcare Coverage Form
May 3, 2018 | Blog
In a series of recent posts (available here and here), we discussed the expanded Massachusetts Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC) requirements, including the adoption of a new EMAC supplemental contribution.
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New Jersey Legislative Update: Equal Pay and Paid Sick Leave
May 3, 2018 | Blog | By Alexander Song
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law a bill that provides equal pay protections for members of certain protected classes. Governor Murphy also signed into law a bill that requires New Jersey employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.
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New York Says #MeToo to Stronger Sexual Harassment Protections: A Summary of Action Items for Employers
April 30, 2018 | Blog
In the wake of the #MeToo movement and the nationwide discourse over the prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace, the state of New York and New York City have taken aggressive steps to implement stronger protections against workplace harassment.
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New Guidance on the Equal Pay Act
April 24, 2018 | Blog | By Paul Huston
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision last week in Rizo v. Yovino, holding that an employer may not use an employee’s prior salary history to justify gender pay disparity under the federal Equal Pay Act. Aileen Rizo was hired as a school teacher in Fresno County in 2009.
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