Sadina Montani

May 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Christopher Banks |Thomas P. Gies |Sadina Montani |Eric Su

On April 26, 2024, the Department of Labor ("DOL") published the Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees Rule ("Final Rule"), which will increase the minimum salary thresholds for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional exemptions under the FLSA.

Apr 25, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jillian Ambrose |Kris D. Meade |Sadina Montani |Shauneida Navarrete

On April 17, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, No. 22-193, holding that transferees alleging discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 need only show that a transfer caused harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment. The Court's decision upends decades of lower court precedent applying a "significant harm" standard to Title VII discrimination cases.

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.