Minnesota Job Postings Must Comply With New Compensation Disclosure Requirements Beginning January 2025

The final days of the 2024 Minnesota legislative session brought a flurry of activity impacting Minnesota employment laws, including many substantive changes to existing Minnesota employment laws and several new employment laws. One of the new laws is Minnesota Statutes section 181.173, requiring employers with at least 30 employees to include pay rate and benefits information in job postings and solicitations.

Effective Jan. 1, 2025, any “person or entity that employs 30 or more employees at […]

By | May 20th, 2024 ||

NJ Supreme Court Issues Key Rulings On Non-Disparagement Provisions, Wage & Hour Claims

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued two decisions of import. The salient points from both rulings are summarized below.

On May 7, 2024, the Court ruled in Savage v. Township of Neptune that non-disparagement provisions in employment discrimination settlement agreements are unlawful. The basis for this ruling is Section 10:5-12.8(a) of the Law Against Discrimination. This provision, enacted “in the wake of the ‘#MeToo movement'”, as the Court puts it, provides that provisions in […]

By | May 17th, 2024 ||

Employment Law Update, May 2024

EEOC Issues Additional Guidance on Workplace Harassment and Provides Additional Examples of Racial, Sex Based, and Religious Harassment

On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its long anticipated final guidance on workplace harassment, and provided specific and timely examples of behavior that constitutes unlawful harassment in the workplace. The guidance is organized by the three components of a harassment claim: 1) Covered Bases and Causation; 2) Discrimination with Respect to a Term, Condition, […]

By | May 16th, 2024 ||