Montana Adds Free Speech as Basis for Wrongful Discharge Effective October 1, 2023, a discharge that is solely based on the employee's legal expression of free speech, including but not limited to statements made on social media, is now deemed wrongful in Montana. ...
California: New Law Prohibits Noncompete Agreements On September 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 699 into law, which prohibits employers from entering into or attempting to enforce noncompete agreements. ...
Gender Dysphoria Covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
In Williams v. Kincaid, No. 21-2030 (4th Cir. Aug. 16, 2022), a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that Gender Dysphoria is not excluded from the broad definition...
Q: I have an employee who wants to get the Hepatitis B Vaccine, which I’m required to offer and pay for due to her work duties possibly exposing her to Bloodborne Pathogens. How does that work? Does she choose where to go, or do I...
Massachusetts: Late Paid Vacation Leave of $9,0000.00 Becomes an Award of Over $100,000.00 On April 4, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) issued a decision that should shock employers in Massachusetts. In Reuter v. City of Methuen, the SJC held that all violations of...