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May 15, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Ira M. Saxe |Eric Su |Cori Schreider

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May 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Eric Su |Cori Schreider |Ira M. Saxe

Beginning January 1, 2025, New York employers will be required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid "prenatal personal leave" during any 52-week calendar period to attend prenatal medical appointments during or related to pregnancy. New York is the first state in the country to mandate paid leave specifically for pregnant employees.

Jan 30, 2024 | mondaq.com | Thomas P. Gies |Ira M. Saxe |Eric Su |Andrew Bagley

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") published its final rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Crowell & Moring previously reported on the proposed rule announced on October 11, 2022.

Jun 20, 2023 | lexology.com | Thomas P. Gies |Eric Su |Ira M. Saxe |Sadina Montani |Andrew Bagley |Jessica S. Nam

In Clark v. A&L Homecare and Training Center, LLC, Nos. 22-3101/3102, a split three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that notice to potential plaintiffs should only be issued if lead plaintiffs show a “strong likelihood” that such absent employees are “‘similarly situated’ to the plaintiffs themselves.” In so holding, the Sixth Circuit joined the Fifth Circuit in rejecting the long-standing “lenient” two-step collective action certification process.