Monthly Archives: February 2020

Applies to:           All Employers with Pittsburgh, PA Employees Effective:             March 15, 2020   The Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act was initially passed in August 2015, but met legal challenges that delayed its implementation until now.  The ordinance will finally go into effect on March 15, 2020.  The Mayor’s Office on Equity has published official guidelines

Applies to:           All Employers with NY Employees Effective:             January 6, 2020   New York kicks off 2020 with a statewide salary history ban.  Like other similar laws, the new regulation is intended to address wage differentials attributed to gender.  Public and private employers alike are prohibited from asking applicants about prior salary history information (including

Applies to:           All Employers with NJ Employees Effective:             January 6, 2020   The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently released a 53-page document providing final regulations and enforcement guidance on the statewide Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL).  The final regulations do not make any substantive changes to the ESLL, but rather provide

Applies to:           All Employers with CT Employees in Hospitality and Service Industries Effective:             April 1, 2020*   Hospitality employers who take tip credits when compensating employees will be relieved to hear that Connecticut’s legislation has made new strides to clarifying how tipped employees must be paid.  The recently-passed Public Act 19-1 requires the Connecticut Labor

Applies to:           All Employers with CO Employees Effective:             March 16, 2020   On January 22, 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published a final rule for the Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards (COMPS) Order #36, with sweeping changes to the state’s wage and hour laws. Specifically, COMPS replaces the Colorado Minimum

Applies to:           Employers of CA Passenger-Carrying Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Effective:             January 13, 2020   The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently granted a petition from the American Bus Association (ABA), stating that California’s meal and rest period rules are preempted by federal law, which governs passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle drivers’ hours of service

Applies to:           All Employers with CA Employees Effective:             January 31, 2020   As of January 1, 2020, AB 51 prohibited employers from requiring job applicants and employees to enter into arbitration agreements. However, on December 30, 2019, a federal district court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state from enforcing the bill while a

Applies to:           All Businesses with CA Independent Contractors Effective:             As Indicated   On January 1, 2020, AB 5 went into effect. It essentially codified the ruling in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, which implemented an ABC test for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. However, the bill also

Applies to:           All Employers with CT, NY, and VT Employees Effective:             December 6, 2019   In Lenzi v. Systemax, Inc., the Second Circuit Court of Appeal addressed a gender discrimination claim under Title VII based on unequal pay. There, the court stated that a female employee, claiming she was paid less than the

Applies to:           All Employers with ERISA Retirement Plans Effective:             January 1, 2020, unless otherwise indicated   As part of the federal spending bill, the government enacted the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act of 2019, or the “SECURE Act.” It includes extensive changes to pension and retirement plan rules. Here are some of the