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November 12 2025
Client Alert: New Jersey Issues Proposed Regulations Under the Pay and Benefit Transparency Act
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) issued proposed regulations interpreting the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act (“PTA”). The PTA requires employers to disclose salary ranges and benefits in job postings and to notify employees of promotional opportunities. The proposed rules, which remain open for public comment at this time, clarify certain aspects of the law, including which employers are covered, what information must be included in postings, and how notice and enforcement procedures will operate.
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November 06 2025
Client Alert – UPDATE: Expanded Sick Leave Obligations for New York City Employers
The amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) discussed in our prior alert have been automatically enacted due to the Mayor’s failure to either sign or veto the bill passed by the City Counsel. Based upon the October 25, 2025 enactment, the ESSTA amendments, discussed further in our client alert below, go into effect on February 22, 2026.
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November 05 2025
Client Alert: New York Launches the Secure Choice Savings Program
The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (the “Program”), which we discussed in our previous client alert, has been officially launched. The Program requires covered private-sector employers to participate in an automatic-enrollment Roth IRA program.
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November 03 2025
Client Alert: The Department of Homeland Security Ends Automatic Extensions of EADs
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most noncitizens who submit timely renewal applications. This represents a substantial change to longstanding USCIS policy and could create employment authorization lapses, introducing additional compliance and administrative burdens for employers.
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October 29 2025
Client Alert: California Expands Paid Family Leave Eligibility
Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation expanding eligibility under California’s Paid Family Leave program to include coverage for individuals who are caring for a “designated person.” A designated person is defined as “any care recipient related by blood or whose association with the individual is the equivalent of a family relationship.”
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October 28 2025
Client Alert: The California Workplace Know Your Rights Act Imposes New Employer Obligations in the New Year
California has introduced the Workplace Know Your Rights Act (the “Act), creating new compliance requirements for employers and the Labor Commissioner. Noncompliance may result in $500 per employee, per violation, and up to $10,000 per employee for ongoing emergency contact violations.
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October 23 2025
Client Alert: New York City Employers Should Prepare for Expanded Leave Obligations and Pay Reporting Requirements
The New York City Council recently passed several bills that, if signed by the Mayor would place even more financial and administrative burdens on employers by increasing employee leave entitlements and imposing pay reporting requirements.
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October 15 2025
Client Alert: California WARN Act Expansion
On October 1, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed expanded California employer obligations under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. The legislation, which takes effect January 1, 2026, enumerates additional actions employers must undertake for covered plant closings and mass layoffs.
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