Posted June 6, 2022
In 2021, New York City joined the growing list of cities and states requiring employers to include salary ranges in job postings. This law was expected to go into effect on May 15, 2022. However, after heeding concerns raised by many groups pertaining to ambiguities in the law, the New York City Council passed an amended version of the New York City Pay Transparency Law that postpones its effective date to November 1, 2022.
Posted June 6, 2022
In early March 2022, the Oregon legislature sought to extend that exclusion until 180 days after Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown terminated the COVID-19 emergency declaration signed into law in 2020. Governor Brown signed the extension of the pay equity exclusion just two days shy of terminating the COVID-19 emergency declaration on March 17, 2022, which termination became effective on April 1, 2022.
Posted June 6, 2022
A recent amendment to Washington law will require employers to disclose information about pay and other benefits in postings for jobs in the state. This new affirmative disclosure requirement, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, becomes effective on January 1, 2023.
Posted June 6, 2022
Federal contractors will soon be facing new pay equity disclosure requirements under a directive issued by the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP announced that it will require contractors to conduct pay equity analyses of their workforce and share those results with the OFCCP, even if the attorney-client privilege would otherwise protect the analyses. The OFCCP’s initiative signals an aggressive new focus on pay equity and a willingness to press the bounds of the government’s regulatory authority.
Posted May 27, 2022 with Tags Firm News
We at Nilan Johnson Lewis are heartbroken and outraged, both by the senseless massacres in Uvalde and Buffalo and by the too-slow racial reckoning ignited by George Floyd’s murder two years ago, the ramifications of which we still feel today. …
Posted May 23, 2022 with Tags Firm News, New Hires
Minneapolis-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is excited to welcome two new associate attorneys this week. Maria Brekke joins the Business Litigation group, focusing her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, intellectual property, data privacy, and contract disputes. Nicole Wiebold joins NJL’s Corporate and Transactional Services practice area where she will work with clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, business formation, contract negotiations, and general corporate governance.
Posted May 2, 2022 with Tags Foundations, Private Foundations, Nonprofits
On Friday, April 29, 2022, Ramsey County District Court Judge Awsumb issued a decision in the highly publicized case brought by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office seeking removal of the three Otto Bremer Trust Trustees. Here we outline the decisions of the case and provide key takeaways for foundatio
Posted April 1, 2022 with Tags Nonprofits
A bill making its way through the Minnesota Legislature would be terribly damaging to Minnesota nonprofits. And, unfortunately, it looks like it has legs.
Posted April 1, 2022 with Tags Firm News, New Hires
Minneapolis, MN—Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is excited to announce the hire of Kelly Magnus, who will join the Product Liability and Complex Torts practice area as an associate attorney. Kelly’s background includes representing individuals, businesses, and …
Posted March 29, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Following the Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas settlement, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) started issuing I-94 forms on January 30, 2022, with new Class of Admission (COA) codes for certain E and L spouses as evidence of their employment authorization incident to status. The term incident to status means that employment authorization is granted with the underlying immigration status (instead of having to first apply and be approved for work authorization in order to accept employment in the United States). The new COA designations were intended to distinguish E and L spouses from E and L children who are not employment authorized.
Posted March 29, 2022 with Tags Firm News, Diversity
Nilan Johnson Lewis has named three attorneys to the 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). Shareholder Mai Lee Yang has been selected to the 2022 Fellows Program, an initiative providing professional development and leadership training to a diverse class …
Posted March 18, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a temporary policy that allowed employers to accept certain expired List B documents and treat them as valid, acceptable receipts for Form I-9 purposes. DHS announced on March 12, 2022, that it is now ending this temporary policy.
Posted March 2, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
There’s no time like the present to conduct a pay equity audit. This year, employers face historic competition to recruit and retain talent. With continued pressure to increase DE&I efforts and a wave of new pay equity laws, a pay …
Posted March 2, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
New York City will soon be joining the growing list of jurisdictions that have passed pay transparency laws. Effective May 15, 2022, employers with at least four employees in New York City will be required to disclose the minimum and …
Posted March 2, 2022 with Tags The Equal Pay Advisor
Basic Reporting Requirements in Each State Illinois Who is a covered employer? For purposes of the new requirement to report pay data to the Illinois Secretary of State, covered employers are Illinois corporations or foreign corporations authorized to transact …
Posted February 17, 2022 with Tags Labor and Employment, Employment law
The Minnesota legislature is currently considering HF999, which would ban all non-compete agreements with all Minnesota employees making less than a certain salary threshold, and would require garden leave payments for employees making higher incomes. The bill is being heard …
Posted February 7, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minneapolis-based law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is proud to announce that it has received a Women-Owned Business Certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The certification is a significant achievement in the firm’s ongoing commitment to being an industry leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and makes NJL one of the largest certified women-owned law firms in the U.S.
Posted January 13, 2022 with Tags COVID-19, COVID-19 for Employers
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate by a vote of 5 in favor and 4 dissenting. The Supreme Court held that CMS did have statutory authority to issue its Interim …
Posted January 13, 2022 with Tags COVID-19, COVID-19 for Employers
UPDATE: In an order issued Jan. 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court stayed enforcement of federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS pending the disposition of the petitions for review in the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. …
Posted January 7, 2022 with Tags Labor and Employment, COVID-19, COVID-19 for Employers
On January 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether two sets of vaccine and testing mandates should go into effect: (1) the OSHA ETS, applying to private employers with 100 or more employees; and (2) the …
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