Takeaways
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Summer/Fall 2024
Court decisions dominate employment law changes in Q2/Q3 2024, including Supreme Court decisions impacting federal agency actions, Connecticut courts defining parameters of state law discrimination claims, and New Jersey courts considering non-disparagement clauses, wage theft penalties, and the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights. Other changes include new paid break time for expressing breastmilk, New York State workplace violence protections for retail workers, changes in federal wage law, expansion of Connecticut’s paid family leave, U.S. Department of Labor assessments on use of artificial intelligence in workplace decisions, and New Jersey’s expansive application of its anti-discrimination laws.
Spring 2024
New court decisions impact the standard for evaluating claims of discrimination and retaliation, hold back federal regulatory changes on who is an employer, substantively address employers’ ability to monitor their employees and act on behaviors that violate published policies, and resolve when an employee can sue for discrimination under New York law. Also, new laws passed and regulations finalized add new paid leave entitlements in New York, phase out COVID-related requirements, ban non-compete agreements, extend employment law protections to new groups, and redefine how we classify individuals.
Winter 2024
New York law keeps changing rapidly, with new protections for freelancers, employees’ intellectual property, and sealing criminal records, plus rules on settlement agreements and enforcement of paid sick leave. New York and New Jersey employers also saw increases in minimum wage obligations, and changes at the federal level impact who is considered an “employer” and who an “employee,” and our Court Watch covers the Supreme Court’s ruling on whistleblowers and a district court decision on release of EEO-1 reports.
Fall 2023
New NYC regulations on paid sick and safe time, a plethora of laws coming out of New York State, clarifying guidance from New Jersey, and a series of NLRB decisions that each overturn recent past precedent in ways that are more favorable for employees are among the key legal changes addressed in this quarter’s issue.
Summer 2023
Major employment decisions from the Supreme Court lead the legal developments this past quarter, with an extra-long issue to capture wage law changes in New York, obligations related to employees who express breast milk at work, new categories of protected characteristics, guidance on AI hiring tools, EEOC guidance on diverse topics, new Connecticut laws and notable court decisions, and changes at the NLRB.
