Recently, Justices Thomas and Gorsuch have questioned whether the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) framework remains the appropriate standard in certain employment related cases.
Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect on Oct. 29, 2025
Effective Oct. 29, 2025, the Massachusetts law governing pay transparency, An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency, will require covered employers in Massachusetts to disclose pay ranges in job postings.
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Reform to Mexico’s Federal Labor Law Related to Digital Platforms
On Dec. 24, 2024, Mexico published amendments to its Federal Labor Law regarding digital platforms. These changes take effect 180 days after publication.
This GT Alert highlights significant modifications to the law and details the new definitions, penalties, and implementation timelines.
Continue reading the full GT Alert.
Illinois Enacts New Pay Stub Obligations
Illinois Gov. Pritzker approved SB3208, which amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA). The amendments take effect Jan. 1, 2025, and expand existing wage statement requirements for Illinois employers.
The IWPCA applies to all employers and employees in the state, including local government and school district employees but exempting state or federal
California Employers Must Provide Reproductive Loss Leave Starting Jan. 1, 2024
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, under the recently signed Senate Bill 848 (S.B. 848), covered California employers must provide eligible employees with a job-protected leave of absence following a reproductive loss. This blog post provides an overview of this new law.
What Employers Need to Know
1. ‘Employer’ and ‘employee’ are broadly defined.
California private employers with
Colorado Law Bans Age-Related Questions on Applications and Adds New Reasons to Use Paid Sick Leave
Governor Polis recently signed two laws affecting Colorado employers and employees. First, the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA) prohibits all Colorado employers from requesting certain information related to prospective employees’ age, as well as education attendance and graduation, on an initial employment application, beginning July 1, 2024. Second, Colorado’s paid sick leave law, the Healthy
Los Angeles Retail Employers: New Fair Workweek Obligations Take Effect April 1. Are They Fair?
The city of Los Angeles’s recently passed Fair Workweek Ordinance (the Ordinance) takes effect April 1, 2023. The ordinance aims to ensure Los Angeles retail employees have more predictable work schedules by requiring employers to provide advance notice of those schedules, imposing constraints on how employers can schedule their employees, and holding employers financially responsible
When They’ve Got to Go (Let Them): What Employers Should Know about California’s New Restroom Access Law
Overview
The California State Legislature gave employers many new bills to address on Jan. 1, 2023 (see GT Alert), but not all appear in the Labor Code. One bill that “flies under the radar” is AB 1632 – a restroom-access bill that impacts California employers with employee restrooms.
AB 1632, which is codified
A Warning for Companies with Colorado Employees Seeking to Enforce Restrictive Covenants and Non-Competition Agreements
In June 2022, the Colorado legislature passed and Gov. Polis signed into law House Bill 22-1317 amending CRS 8-2-113, “Unlawful to intimidate worker – agreement not to compete – prohibition – exemptions – notice – definition” (the “Act”). The Act became effective Aug. 10, 2022, and applies to all covenants entered into after that date.
Federal Trade Commission Seeks Industry Comment On Proposed Noncompete Ban
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took a significant step towards banning noncompete agreements between companies and workers. The FTC proposed a broad rule that would effectively ban all noncompete clauses entered into in the employment context. It would also require companies to rescind existing noncompete agreements. The scope of the rule