MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update covers state and local workplace law developments occurring since CWC’s last update in February.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of workplace-related state and local developments covers activity that has occurred since our last update in December 2023.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. We are pleased to present an updated version of CWC’s guide for meeting California’s annual pay data reporting requirements that incorporates changes that the state has made for the 2023 reporting cycle.

CWC WEB WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. The state of California has opened its mandated pay data reporting cycle covering calendar year 2023, and for the third time in three years since the program was launched in 2020, the state has made changes

Enforcement of a 2019 California law (AB 51) that bans mandatory employment arbitration agreements has been permanently enjoined pursuant to a federal court order entered on January 2, 2024.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC is pleased to present a handy digest of the notable state and local employment law developments that we reported on during 2023.

A number of new state laws that we reported on previously are scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2024. Our memo provides a handy digest.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has issued regulatory guidance on the state’s recently amended and highly prescriptive Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The amendments go into effect on January 1, 2024.

Under federal law and implementing regulations issued by the Labor Department, a salaried executive, administrative, or professional employee must be paid a minimum salary to be considered exempt from overtime. The federal threshold is a floor, howev

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Our latest update of notable state and local workplace compliance developments covers activity that has occurred since our last update in October.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our Interstate Special Edition summarizes cutting edge employment bills passed by the California legislature in 2023, both those signed into law and those vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of employment-related state and local laws covers new developments since our last update in August.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Since Colorado passed its pay transparency law in 2021 requiring employers to include salary information in their job postings, several other state and local jurisdictions have followed suit. To help our members stay on top

The Supreme Court of California has ruled that a third party vendor performing screening services on behalf of an employer can be sued directly for discrimination under the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

The Supreme Court of California has rejected an interpretation of the state’s Private Attorney Generals Act by the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that it is the California courts, not the U.S. Supreme Court, that have the ultimate authority to interpr

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of notable state and local workplace compliance law developments summarizes actions that have been taken since our last update in June.

Amendments to Colorado’s comprehensive pay notification law that are scheduled to go into effect at the beginning of next year are a mixed bag for covered employers, as our memo explains.

Seizing upon the Supreme Court’s recent ruling barring the consideration of race in college admissions, the Republican Attorneys General of 13 states have signed a letter sent to Fortune 100 companies putting them on notice that their DEI practices a

In one of the relatively rare decisions issued by a federal appeals court interpreting the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Second Circuit addresses the key term “operating unit.”

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance laws covers developments that have occurred since our last update in April.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance laws covers new developments that have occurred since our last update in February.

The EEOC has modified its worksharing agreement with the California Civil Rights Department in a way that suggests an employer may have to deal with a separate investigation conducted by each agency stemming from the same charge.

The City of New York has issued long-awaited implementing regulations under its complex new artificial intelligence bias audit law. Covered NYC employers now have less than three months to come into full compliance.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC is pleased to present an updated version of our California Pay Data Reporting Guide to assist members required to file for the upcoming 2023 reporting cycle. Our guide reflects 2022 amendments to the reporting requireme

Two recent rulings by the Illinois Supreme Court interpreting the state’s controversial Biometric Information Privacy Act raise the stakes for covered Illinois employers that use biometric information.