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While this new law was an exciting development for job seekers, many questions remained as to its application and enforcement. Read more about Pay Transparency in New York City New York’s Passage of Expanded Whistleblower Protection Law Marks the End of a Career-Long Effort for Wayne Outten By Tammy Marzigliano October 5, 2022 On January 26, 2022, new legislation expanding workplace anti-retaliation protections took effect in New York, extending rights to both public and private sector workers who report employers’ illegal or dangerous business activities. This new version of the statute is the culmination of more than 40 years of tireless work by Outten & Golden Co-Founder Wayne Outten to expand whistleblower rights. Read more about New York’s Passage of Expanded Whistleblower Protection Law Marks the End of a Career-Long Effort for Wayne Outten New York’s New Privacy Law Entitles Employees to Notice of Electronic Monitoring By Aliaksandra Ramanenka October 5, 2022 As work-from-home arrangements remain widespread, more employees wonder if their employers are monitoring their email, electronic messaging, or Internet browsing activity (whether they work on employer-issued or personal devices) and whether such surveillance is actually legal. While a recently-enacted New York law does not shed light on which forms of electronic surveillance are lawful, it obligates employers notify employees in writing if they are planning to engage in such a monitoring. Read more about New York’s New Privacy Law Entitles Employees to Notice of Electronic Monitoring DC Amends and Weakens its “Ban” on Non-Competes By Cassandra Lenning October 5, 2022 Many employers require employees to sign non-compete agreements that prohibit them from starting new employment with a competitive business, starting their own competing business, or even providing similar services for a finite period of time, within a specific geographic area, or that subject them to other similar conditions once their employment ends. Studies have shown that non-compete agreements are harmful for workers, preventing mobility, weakening wage growth (by restricting an employee’s ability to leave for a higher paying job), and limits the starting of businesses. Non-compete agreements have become increasingly common in recent decades, with between 30-60 million American private-sector workers subject to these restrictive covenants. Read more about DC Amends and Weakens its “Ban” on Non-Competes California Employers Must Post Salary Ranges on Job Listings and Disclose Pay Data By Cara Greene and Shira Gelfand October 5, 2022 California’s state legislature passed a new law on August 30, 2022 that would significantly advance the fight for pay equity. Under the law, which must be signed or vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom by September 30, California employers would be required to post salary ranges for job postings. Further, employers with over 100 employees in the state would be required to submit a pay data report to California’s Civil Rights Department disclosing pay by race, ethnicity, and gender in specified job categories. Read more about California Employers Must Post Salary Ranges on Job Listings and Disclose Pay Data Negotiating a Fair Contract: Remote Work By Cody Yorke May 4, 2022 When it comes to the process of finding a new job, negotiation is one of the most tenuous areas for many employees. Many employees have anxiety around asking for “too much” while still getting a fair offer, and this can give employers the upper hand during these conversations. While many people focus on salary and other economics, more employees are using the negotiation stage to ask for other perks. Read more about Negotiating a Fair Contract: Remote Work An Intersectional Approach to Supporting Disabled Sexual Harassment Survivors By Pawanpreet Dhaliwal April 29, 2022 Sexual harassment at work or on campus is all too common. But when a disabled employee or student is the target of discrimination and abuse because of two protected traits, the effect on that individual can be devasting and traumatic. Read more about An Intersectional Approach to Supporting Disabled Sexual Harassment Survivors New York City Job Postings Now Require Salary Range By Shira Gelfand April 28, 2022 A new pay transparency law taking effect on May 15, 2022 will require employers to list salary ranges “from the lowest to the highest salary the employer in good faith believes at the time of the posting it would pay for the advertised job, promotion or transfer opportunity.” Read more about New York City Job Postings Now Require Salary Range With The Bonus Season Ending And Offices Reopening, The Hiring Season Is In Full Swing. By Wendi Lazar April 25, 2022 Executives are looking for new opportunities and finding them. While some companies are not willing to give executives the full protection of an employment agreement and only provide a vague offer letter, there should always be a negotiation over the essential terms of any new opportunity, including the description of the position and reporting line, the compensation and equity offered and clear definitions around termination and dispute resolution. Read more about With The Bonus Season Ending And Offices Reopening, The Hiring Season Is In Full Swing. White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch By Jahan Sagafi April 22, 2022 A new documentary on Netflix called White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch explores A&F’s pop culture reign and how it thrived on exclusion. In the documentary, O&G partner Jahan Sagafi discusses his work prosecuting the nationwide race and gender discrimination class action against this "All-American" fashion company that was sued for behaving in such an unamerican way. 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