The Bottom Line Employers in New York State should prepare a Sexual Harassment Prevention Notice for their workplace attaching and/or linking to their harassment prevention policy and training materials, and ensure that this Notice is included in their onboarding and training materials. Employers Continue Reading
California Expands Final Pay Timing Exemption to Print Productions
The Bottom Line California’s new Photo Shoot Pay Easement Act now relieves print production employers from the rigid California law that subjects employers to harsh penalties if they do not pay employees immediately upon discharge. However, print production employers should be careful about Continue Reading
SAG-AFTRA Imposes New Restrictions on Third-Party Signatories through New Letter of Adherence
The Bottom Line The terms of the LOA are set to become effective on January 1, 2020. This deadline gives the signatories, advertisers and non-union agencies limited time to assess how the LOA’s new restrictions will impact their respective roles in the production process, and chart their best Continue Reading
California Attorney General Releases Draft CCPA Regulations
The Bottom Line The California Attorney General is accepting comments on the CCPA draft regulations until December 6 and has scheduled four public hearings on the draft in California in early December. With the January 1, 2020 effective date quickly approaching, organizations must continue to Continue Reading
Revised Rule 40 Advertising Guidelines Offer New Opportunities for Sponsors and Athletes Just in Time for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The Bottom Line The changes to the Rule 40 Guidelines offer significant new opportunities to athletes and their personal sponsors. Yet, marketers seeking to leverage Olympic athletes during the 2020 Tokyo Games will need to agree to broad anti-guerilla marketing prohibitions. For those prepared Continue Reading
California Poised to Enact Data Broker Registration Law
The Bottom Line The largest state in the nation has now passed the country’s second law specifically regulating “data brokers.” Any company that processes personal information of consumers with whom it does not have a direct relationship should test their business practices against the California Continue Reading
California Clears the Way for College Athletes to Get Their “Fair” Share of Licensing Pie
The Bottom Line The Fair Pay to Play Act is the latest effort in an ongoing battle to reform collegiate athletics. It threatens to upend the NCAA’s efforts to preserve the ideals of amateurism by allowing student athletes to profit from their own name, image and likeness rights. Many argue that Continue Reading
IAB Provides Framework for CCPA
The Bottom Line As the ad tech industry struggles with how to comply with CCPA opt-out requests come January 1, 2020, the Interactive Advertising Bureau has proposed an industry framework to allow consumer opt-outs exercised on a publisher’s site to flow down to ad tech partners, thereby Continue Reading
DOL Confirms Federal Salary Level for Overtime-Exempt Employees
The Bottom Line Before January 1, 2020, employers should evaluate the impact of the 2019 Final Rule by identifying exempt administrative, executive and professional employees who earn less than $35,568 per year, as well as employees who earn less than $107,432 per year and are categorized as Continue Reading
New York City Bans Discrimination Based on Reproductive Choice
The Bottom Line In light of the recent expansion to the New York City Human Rights Law, New York City employers should review and amend employer handbooks and discrimination policies to acknowledge “sexual and reproductive health decisions” as a protected category, and ensure that managers and Continue Reading