Minnesota’s new law will take effect on July 1, 2023, prohibiting all noncompete agreements, except those entered during the sale of a business or in anticipation of the dissolution of…
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AB 2188 Leaves California Employers’ Policies on Marijuana Use up in Smoke
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On September 18, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188 into law, which prohibits employers…
Continue Reading AB 2188 Leaves California Employers’ Policies on Marijuana Use up in SmokeOregon Paid Leave—Now Is the Time to Think About Equivalent Plans
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Oregon’s much anticipated Paid Leave program (formally called Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance)…
Continue Reading Oregon Paid Leave—Now Is the Time to Think About Equivalent PlansDeadline for California Employers to Comply with the California Privacy Rights Act
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On June 28, 2018, then California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer…
Continue Reading Deadline for California Employers to Comply with the California Privacy Rights ActIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Oregon legislature amended the definition of “compensation”…
Continue Reading Oregon Pay Equity Update: The Status of Hiring BonusesOregon employers that require arbitration for employment-related disputes recently received some good news from the…
Continue Reading Oregon Supreme Court Enforces Employment Arbitration AgreementSummer in Oregon has officially arrived and, at least in the Portland Metro area, it…
Continue Reading Heat and Smoke: New Rules for Oregon EmployersCalifornia Supreme Court Extends Employees’ Rights to Waiting-Time Penalties and Other Damages
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On May 23, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Naranjo…
Continue Reading California Supreme Court Extends Employees’ Rights to Waiting-Time Penalties and Other DamagesNinth Circuit Rules That a Temporary Impairment Can Qualify as a “Disability” Under the ADA
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction…
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Rules That a Temporary Impairment Can Qualify as a “Disability” Under the ADAAs Oregon’s April 2022 snowstorm becomes a distant memory, it’s time for some spring cleaning…
Continue Reading Spring Cleaning for your Oregon Leave Law PoliciesCalifornia Court of Appeal Removes Another Arrow from The Quiver of Employers
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On March 23, 2022, in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., the California Court of…
Continue Reading California Court of Appeal Removes Another Arrow from The Quiver of EmployersNLRB GC Asks Board To Revisit Standard For Analyzing Employee Handbooks
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Since August 2021, three of the five members of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”…
Continue Reading NLRB GC Asks Board To Revisit Standard For Analyzing Employee HandbooksCalifornia Provides Employees with Another Bucket of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Leave
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California Provides Employees with Another Bucket of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Leave
On February 9, 2022…
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