Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

FTC Insights: How Employers Can Prepare for a World Without Noncompetes

When the FTC proposes a rule that could regulate nearly every employer in the nation, we take notice. In this second installment of our series on the FTC’s proposed rule to ban noncompete agreements, we provide a…

The FTC’s Efforts to End Non-competes

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a sweeping proposal to regulate virtually every labor and service relationship in the United States, and make it more lucrative for people to quit. leave their…

The Fall of the NDA: Compliance and Litigation Following the Speak Out Act

In a notable victory for the #MeToo movement, President Biden recently signed the “Speak Out Act” into law. It became effective December 7, 2022. This bipartisan legislation targets and effectively prohibits the use…

BIPA Goes on Trial

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been on the books as one of the nation’s most protective biometric privacy statutes since 2008. It was also one of the first to give individuals a cause of…

Compliance Reminder - NYC Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect November 1, 2022

The NYC Pay Transparency Law will go into effect this week. Starting November 1, 2022, employers with four or more employees advertising jobs in NYC must include the minimum and maximum salary that the employer…