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Nov 6, 2024 | mondaq.com | Kris D. Meade |Rebecca L. Springer |Katie Erno |Jessica S. Nam

On October 29, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (" ") published a notice in the Federal Register that it received two requests under the Freedom of Information Act (" ") for 2021 Type 2 EEO-1 Reports filed by federal contractors.

Jan 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Christopher Banks |Sadina Montani |Andrew Bagley |Jessica S. Nam

Effective January 1, 2024, California employees will be entitled to accrue and use more paid sick leave per year. On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 616 into law, which amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 ("HWHFA") and significantly expands paid sick leave requirements for employers in California.

Dec 5, 2023 | lexology.com | Christopher Banks |Sadina Montani |Andrew Bagley |Jessica S. Nam |Kimberley Johnson

Effective January 1, 2024, California employees will be entitled to accrue and use more paid sick leave per year. On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 616 into law, which amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“HWHFA”) and significantly expands paid sick leave requirements for employers in California.

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.