Takeaways
Quarterly News Alert, Serving Employers in NY, NJ and CT
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.






Spring 2023

Covered in this issue are new protections of select non-exempt workers in New York and New Jersey, continued regulation of AI in hiring NYC employees, updates to New York’s model harassment prevention materials, new FMLA decisions from the US DOL, and court decisions on harassment, overtime liability, and military leave.






Winter 2023

New York State has new laws on pay transparency, lactation accommodations, employee time off, new protected classes, workplace postings, warehouse workers and human trafficking. In addition to that whirlwind of new legislation, the federal government has expanded protections for pregnant and nursing employees throughout the country. New York City is still working to implement bias audits for automated hiring decisions and New Jersey is moving forward with mandatory severance for large-scale reductions in force, among other developments from the past quarter.






Fall 2022

Developments this past quarter include shifting federal discrimination protections and expanded protections in Connecticut; new employer obligations in New Jersey and updated federal workplace posters; the unwinding of COVID mandates and a survey of what rules remain in effect; and a series of notable recent court decisions.






Summer 2022

Pay transparency predominates in New York, while employer speech is being regulated in Connecticut. Recent New Jersey court decisions have addressed employee speech, and the Supreme Court has ruled on waiver of arbitration and federal contractors’ damages liability under anti-discrimination laws. Also covered is the most recent EEOC guidance on hiring practices.






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