26 Mar 2024
Be Responsible: Watch our Video on Responding to Wage and Hour Class Action Complaints
Do you need strategic considerations for deciding how to respond to a wage and hour class and collective action complaint? Watch this complaint response video by attorney Luis Santos of FordHarrison.
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- Federal: A Texas Federal Court vacates the NLRB 2023 Final Rule addressing the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status under the NLRA and restores the 2020 rule, granting summary judgment to a business coalition that had challenged the Final Rule. See S. Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB, No. 6:23-cv-00553 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024).
- California: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passes the Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, which is applicable to employers in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and which supplements California's Fair Chance Act (or Ban the Box law) with additional employment applicant protections, compliance requirements, and enforcement mechanisms. See Los Angeles County, CA, Ordinance No. 2024-0012 and Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) FAQs.
- New York: The Court of Appeals of New York holds that a nonresident who is seeking a city- or state-based job opportunity is covered by the anti-discrimination protections of the New York City and New York State Human Rights Laws. The holding is limited to a nonresident seeking a position that requires the employee to be physically present in the state or city. See Syeed v Bloomberg L.P., 2024 N.Y. LEXIS 293 (Mar. 14, 2024).
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