Overview: The newly created Department of Family and Medical Leave has launched a website that includes guidance for employers, including answers frequently asked questions by employers frequently asked questions by employees. Details: As previously ...

Details: In Massachusetts, the law requires employers to adopt a written policy against sexual harassment. The policy must include, for example, notice to employees that sexual harassment in the workplace is unlawful and that it is unlawful to retaliate against an employee for filing a complaint ...

Effective Date:  January 1, 2019 Details:  Illinois has enacted legislation (House Bill 4743) that will expand the state’s Equal Pay Act to expressly prohibit pay differentials between African American employees and other employees. Previously, the Illinois Equal Pay Act ...

Overview:  Effective January 1, 2019, the rights of Illinois employees serving in the military will be governed by the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA), Public Act 100-1101.  Effective Date:  January 1, 2019.  Details: While much of ...

Developments in Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Protections Prohibition on Confidential Sexual Harassment Settlement Agreements (Cal. Civ. Pro. § 1001; Senate Bill 820) ·      Effective January 1, 2019 ·      Settlement ...

Untitled Document Overview:  The California Pay Equity Task Force (“Task Force”) has released written guidance for employees, employers and unions on ...

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While the notion of pay equity is not new, in the past year, cultural movements such as #equalpay and #metoo have shined a spotlight on the issue, bringing it to the forefront of the media, as well as on the legislative agendas of state and local governments. Indeed, states and localities have ...