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Employment
FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements: What employers need to know about the FTC’s Noncompete Rule
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting the use of non-compete restrictive covenants (with a limited ...
Employment
Federal Trade Commission Approves Final Rule Banning Most Noncompetes
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a proposed final rule (“Final Rule”), which, absent a successful legal challenge, ...
Employment
Enacted New York State Budget Includes First-in-Nation Statewide Paid Prenatal Leave (But Other Proposals are Left on the Table)
On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York State’s Budget for fiscal year 2025. The enacted Budget includes appropriation ...
Employment
FTC Votes to Ban Noncompete Agreements
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses ...
Employment
DOL Issues Final Regulations Raising the Minimum Salary Requirements for the FLSA’s White-Collar Exemptions
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Final Rule sharply increasing the minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ...
Employment
Federal Trade Commission Approves Rule Banning Most Noncompetes
Joseph C. O’Keefe is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and Co-Head of the Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets & Unfair Competition Group. ...
Employment
DOL Releases Updated Overtime Rule
The DOL released its updated federal overtime rule on April 23, 2024. With limited exceptions, the rule increases the minimum salary for exemption as executive, ...
Employment
NLRB General Counsel Issues New Memo Further Expanding Penalties for Unfair Labor Practice Violations
Through Board decisions, rule making, and NLRB General Counsel’s (“GC”) memoranda, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) continues to expand the potential ...
Employment
Supreme Court Rules Discriminatory Job Transfers Need Not Produce “Significant” Harm to be Actionable Under Title VII
On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the standard under which a plaintiff can proceed with a claim for a discriminatory ...