by Louisa Chen | Nov 21, 2025 | SWB Blog
A rising trend among states and localities is the enactment of pay transparency laws and salary history bans. Five (5) states (Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Vermont) and one (1) locality (Cleveland, Ohio) have enacted these laws this year alone...
by Louisa Chen | Jul 25, 2025 | SWB Blog
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“DOL”), issued a Proposed Rule that would amend the regulations applicable to Registered Apprenticeship Programs (“RAPs”). Specifically, the Proposed Rule would overhaul 29 C.F.R....
by elizabeth | Mar 21, 2025 | SWB Blog
In Memorandum GC 25-05, published on February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”), William B. Cowen (“Acting General Counsel”), rescinded thirty-one active memoranda published by the Biden-era NLRB General...
by jabrams | May 8, 2018 | SWB Blog
The Second Circuit recently became the second federal court of appeals to definitively rule that discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In a 10-3 decision in Zarda v. Altitude...
by adavis | May 8, 2018 | SWB Blog
In an opinion letter issued April 12, 2018, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) determined that an employer is not required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to compensate an employee for time the employee spends taking 15-minute breaks once every hour during...
by jabrams | Mar 2, 2018 | SWB Blog
On December 22, 2017, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that, for purposes of calculating overtime under Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”), an employer may calculate the employee’s “regular rate” by dividing the employee’s salary in a given week by the...
