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Employment
DOL Issues Framework for Employers to Use AI Hiring and Recruiting Tools
On the 24th of September 2024, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced the publication of a AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework (“Framework”) by ...
Employment
New Jersey Legislature Passes Pay Transparency Bill
New Jersey will soon join the growing list of states with pay transparency laws. New Jersey’s legislature passed the bill (S2310/A4151), on September 28, 2024. ...
Employment
Comment Period Now Open for OSHA’s Proposed National Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard
On the heels of California’s new indoor heat illness prevention standard becoming effective, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced a proposed national ...
Employment
Massachusetts joins the pay transparency game and ups the ante with new reporting requirements
On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law a bill that makes Massachusetts the 11th state to mandate pay transparency, joining California, ...
Employment
Safety First for Retailers – New York Boosts Retail Security with Mandatory Workplace Violence Prevention Plans, Annual training Requirements, and Panic Buttons
The law introduces stringent workplace violence prevention measures for retail employers, including the establishment of a workplace violence prevention plan, training program, and the installation ...
Employment
Fifth Circuit affirms DOL’s right to set salary minimum for white collar exemptions
In 2019, DOL published a final rule increasing the minimum salary needed to qualify for the majority of EAP exemptions. The salary was raised from ...
Employment
Four things you may not know about… USERRA
In the second in a series of blogs examining often overlooked or misunderstood provisions of common employment laws, today we are covering four things employers ...
Employment
Massachusetts Job Advertisements Must Include a Pay Range Starting July 31, 2020
Mark W. Batten, a partner at the Labor & Employment Law Department, is co-head of a group that handles class and collective actions in wage ...
Employment
New York State Adopts Workplace Violence Prevention Law for Retailers
On September 5, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Retail Worker Safety Act, a bill amending the New York Labor Law ...