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Labor practice hearings have resumed, but can now take place
virtually
The NLRB s decision has given respondents even more
uncertainty because requires respondents show concrete concerns,
but the decision only increases ambiguity for respondents.
Respondent s counsel should assess the impacts of a virtual
labor practice hearing on its case.
In May of 2020, the National Labor Relations Board
( NLRB ) announced that it would no longer postpone
unfair labor practice hearings due to COVID-19, and that effective
on June 1, 2020, these hearings could now take place virtually.
1 However, since the NLRB s
announcement, multiple respondents have opposed having virtual
hearings. Several of these respondents argued that virtual hearings
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The Westchester County Human Rights Commission (the Commission ) has announced that the county s Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect on April 10, 2019, has been
preempted by New York s Paid Sick Leave Law ( Law or PSLL ), which took effect on September 30, 2020.
Westchester County s law had required that eligible employees
accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked, up to a
maximum of 40 hours per year.
As we previously covered, the PSLL applies to
all private employers and employees in New York State, and requires
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On February 22, 2021, Governor Murphy signed three separate
cannabis reform bills into law that formally legalize the use and
possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden state: (1) the New Jersey Cannabis Regularly, Enforcement Assistance, and
Marketplace Modernization Act (the Cannabis Act )
(NJ A21), which legalizes the recreational use
and possession of cannabis or cannabis products (collectively cannabis items ) for adults; (2) a decriminalization law
(NJ A1897), which legalizes the possession of up
to six ounces of cannabis and provides for certain criminal and
civil justice reforms related to marijuana and hashish offenses,
On March 9, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act) by a largely party-line vote of 225-206.
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, into law.
Proskauer Rose LLP
It s springtime in California! And even as the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano, the California legislature is busy, busy, busy passing hundreds of new laws because.
Littler Mendelson
On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 95, which creates new Labor Code section 248.2 and mandates that employers provide employees.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( ARPA ) includes a 100% COBRA subsidy for assistance eligible individuals during the six-month period of April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
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I met Daniel one of the first days of law school. He looked like your average southern frat boy with shaggy hair and a love for music and football.