Certain Massachusetts employers will be required to include pay ranges in all job postings starting October 29, 2025.
ENACTED: NYC Council Approves Bill Expanding Safe & Sick Leave Entitlements
UPDATE: This bill was returned unsigned by the Mayor and therefore has been enacted. It will take effect on February 22, 2026.
The New York City Council has approved a bill that, if ultimately enacted, would expand the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”).
As a reminder, currently under ESSTA, employers
Forfeiture Clauses Triggered by Non-Solicitation Breaches Do Not Fall Under Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act
Enacted in 2018, the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “Act”) restricted employers’ use of non-competition agreements in a variety of ways, including requiring compensation during the post-employment restricted period and prohibiting enforcement against non-exempt employees or those terminated without cause. While the Act explicitly excludes covenants not to solicit from its definition of noncompetition agreements
FTC Signals Forthcoming Non-compete Enforcement Actions
On September 4, 2025, the FTC announced an enforcement action and proposed settlement with Gateway Pet Memorial Services (the “Company”), a pet cremation company, over the Company’s overuse of post-employment non-competes with certain terms it found concerning. At nearly the same time, the FTC withdrew its appeals pending in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits of