Labor & Employment Law Updates
In an initial victory for California employers, a California federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the recently passed California Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”), which banned mandatory arbitration of employment disputes.
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“CDLE”) adopted its final rules for the Colorado Overtime & Minimum Pay Standards Order #36 (“COMPS Order”), which covers overtime pay, exempt employee status, and meal and break times.
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Last week the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee approved a bill that would require employers to provide accommodations for pregnant workers. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “Act”), would require employers to. . .
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As discussed in last week’s blog, the Family and Medical Leave Implementation (“FAMLI”) Task Force issued its final report, which can be accessed here.
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Next week, the Family and Medical Leave Implementation (“FAMLI”) Task Force will issue its final report, consistent with the May 30, 2019 Senate Bill 19-188, which required the implementation of a paid family and medical leave program in Colorado based upon the bill’s 16 factors (the Task Force actually considered and voted on 26 factors).
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In two major decisions issued this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) approved (1) broad restrictions on non-business use of work email systems and (2) company rules prohibiting discussions about ongoing workplace investigations.
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has finalized a new rule clarifying that companies may cap but not take away employees’ earned, unused vacation pay.
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Colorado employers should prepare for an increase in the state minimum wage from $11.10 to $12.00 per hour, and from $8.08 to $8.98 per hour for tipped employees, effective January 1, 2020. The 2020 increase is the final currently-planned wage increase under Amendment 70 of the Colorado Constitution. After 2020, the state minimum wage will be adjusted annually for cost of living increases.
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An employer did not violate the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by refusing to hire an obese applicant based on the belief his weight created a high risk he would develop medical conditions in the future, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently held that workplace rules restricting employees from (1) divulging confidential client and vendor lists, and (2) responding to media inquiries on behalf of a company are lawful under the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”).
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California has banned employers from including “no-rehire” provisions in employment dispute-related settlement agreements with its employees. No-rehire provisions prohibit the employee from applying for a job with that company in the future as a condition of the settlement.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently held that employers engaged in commercial cannabis activities must comply with wage and hour requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed tip-pooling rule that would give certain employers more flexibility in distributing pooled tips. Under the proposed rule, employers who do not take a tip credit and pay employees the full minimum wage may include employees who are not customarily and regularly tipped employees, such as back-of-house employees like dishwashers and cooks, in a mandatory tip pool.
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A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected McDonald’s franchise employees’ attempt to hold McDonald’s Corp. liable as a joint employer for alleged wage and hour violations, reasoning that the franchisee alone exerted control over the employees.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its final overtime rule which updates the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative, or professional employees (“white collar exemptions”) from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.
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