C-Level Law

On the heels of other countries and states enacting their own privacy laws, the Colorado Privacy Act will soon go into effect July 2023. The recent wave of privacy legislation took off in 2018, with the European Union (EU) implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

IT Forensics: Technology Security Issues That Employers Should Keep Top of Mind

In a non-disparagement agreement, a party agrees not to disparage, or make negative comments about, another party.

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) secured a $24 million equal pay settlement with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The settlement included a promise by the USSF to equalize pay between the women and men’s national team.

On Thursday, February 10, 2022, the Senate passed what is being heralded as a landmark bill ending forced arbitration of workplace sexual harassment and assault claims.

Can an employer provide different benefits to different employees? For example could it offer the C-Suite better health insurance benefits than the rank and file? Or, could it offer healthcare insurance to full-time employees but not part-time?  

The beginning of a new year is a good time to review your employment policies and practices. Here are some to-dos that should help you stay ahead of the game in 2022.

On March 1, 2022, Colorado Senate Bill 21-271, approved on July 6, 2021, goes into effect. While the overall goal of the bill is to reform sentencing provisions related to misdemeanors and petty offenses, it also made the violation of a number of statues potential criminal infractions.

On November 12, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, issued a stay of OSHA’s vaccine mandate pending its review of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of employers challenging the mandate. Other similar lawsuits were filed in other jurisdictions.

As anticipated, the publication of the COVID vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) was greeted by a flurry of lawsuits.

Angie Wideman-Powell, VP of People at ClearCompany, joins Colin Walker to discuss how varying employment laws across the country affect companies with operations in different states and tips for navigating these rules. 

One of the interesting things about employment law is that it often intersects with other fields of law. Paul Janda, of our Litigation Department, brought to my attention a new Colorado law, which is well-known to litigators, but not so much to employment attorneys. In today’s post, Paul tells us about how this new law could affect employers.