Latest from Law and the Workplace
New Jersey Enacts Law Limiting Non-Disclosure Obligations in Settlement Agreements
On March 18, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 121, which prohibits nondisclosure clauses in settlement agreements relating to workplace discrimination, retaliation or harassment. Effective immediately, the law renders unenforceable any provision in an employment contract that waives “any substantive or procedural right or remedy relating to a claim of … Continue Reading
EEOC To Provide EEO-1 Pay Data Guidance By April 3
According to published reports, the federal judge who ordered the EEOC to reinstitute the stayed compensation portion of the EEO-1 report (referred to as “Component-2 data”) has given the EEOC until April 3 to provide guidance about if, when and how it will collect Component-2 data from employers. Employers have been in a state of … Continue Reading
EEOC Opens EEO-1 Portal and Issues Statement On EEO-1
As we previously reported, a federal judge has lifted the stay issued by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) that halted implementation of the EEOC’s revised EEO-1 form that would have added compensation data to the annual EEO-1 survey submission (the “Revised EEO-1”). In so ruling, the judge ordered “that the previous approval of … Continue Reading
The Third Circuit Finds No Age Discrimination Related to Virgin Islands Law That Encouraged Long-Tenured Employees to Retire
The Third Circuit recently issued a significant opinion in Bryan v. Government of the Virgin Islands, Case No. 18-1941, 2019 WL 661822 (3rd Cir. February 19, 2019) holding that the Virgin Islands did not violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) when, in an effort to keep the retirement system solvent, it required employees … Continue Reading
Unboxing The Proposed New Federal Overtime Rule
It’s here. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division unveiled its proposed new overtime rule today. We skipped the 200-plus pages of preamble and jumped right to the proposed regulatory amendments themselves (we’ll digest the prefatory materials in another post). Here’s the deal: The salary minimum for exemption as an executive, administrative, or … Continue Reading
[Podcast]: The Employment Law Landscape in 2019
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Evandro Gigante and associate Arielle Kobetz discuss the labor and employment landscape in 2019, including some significant laws set to go into effect this year, as well as other legislative developments. They will highlight cases pending before the Supreme Court and what we can expect from the National Labor Relations Board … Continue Reading
