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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew J. Feery
On October 7, 2024, the General Counsel (GC) for the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a 17-page memorandum urging the NLRB to find
so-called "stay-or-pay" provisions unlawful and to impose
harsh monetary penalties on employers that use such provisions.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew J. Feery
On October 15, 2024, the Solicitor of Labor of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) published a "Special Enforcement Report" declaring the
DOL's intention to oppose and deter seven contractual
provisions that the DOL describes as "coercive." For
those unfamiliar with the position, the Solicitor of Labor (SOL)
serves as legal advisor to the DOL and is authorized to sue
employers for violations of laws enforced by the DOL.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Oliver Heinisch |Sheryl Jaffee Halpern |Matthew J. Feery |Christopher Buontempo
On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the dismissal of a proposed class action against the National Basketball Association (“Defendant”) under the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA” or “Act”).
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
On August 20, a Texas federal court issued a nationwide injunction, blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on non-competes that would have been effective September 4, 2024. The rule would have banned the use of non-competes nationwide with limited exceptions. With the court’s decision, the rule will no longer take effect as scheduled, and employers are relieved, at least for the time being, from complying with the rule’s requirements.
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May 23, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
Since last year, Illinois employers have seen a drastic change in the paid leave landscape, with the enactment of the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act and the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance. Now, it’s Chicago’s turn. The Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, which we wrote about after its passage last November and subsequent amendment and delay in December, will take effect on July 1, 2024.
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May 6, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-anticipated final rule that would ban the use of non-competes nationwide with limited exceptions. There are details that all employers should know about the new rule, but perhaps the two most important are these: The ban may never end up taking effect, and even if it does, there will be ample time to prepare for these eventualities.
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May 6, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
Is the era of non-competes at an end? Well, maybe. Probably not. On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-anticipated proposed rule that would restrict the use of non-compete agreements. The proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) would impose what the FTC describes as a “categorical ban” on non-compete agreements. That is, if it ever ends up taking effect.
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May 6, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule this week that would increase the salary thresholds for certain exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While the new rule likely will face legal challenges like similar proposals have in the past (such as in 2016 and 2017), with the new rule potentially taking effect July 1, 2024, employers should begin taking steps now to prepare.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissions (Board) passed an ordinance that transforms the county’s current paid sick leave ordinance to a new paid leave ordinance, effective December 31, 2023.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Matthew J. Feery
Just over a month after passing the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance), which brought sweeping new paid leave and paid sick leave requirements to employers with Chicago employees, the city has amended the Ordinance to delay its effective date and limit the number of covered employees. As amended, the Ordinance will not take effect until July 1, 2024, rather than December 31, 2023.
