California Creates New Issues For Supply Chain Employers

On September 22, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 701 (AB 701), another “first in the nation” law, this time taking aim at perceived health and safety issues applicable to certain warehouse workers. Effective January 1, 2022, the new law, codified in California Labor Code §§ 138.7 and 2100-2112, will regulate covered supply chain employers who meet the definitions for a warehouse distribution center set forth in new California Labor […]

By | October 11th, 2021 ||

Texas Employment Update: Changes To Texas Sexual Harassment Law

The 2021 Texas Legislative Session tackled the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace by passing two new pieces of legislation that go into effect on September 1, 2021.1 These laws create cause of action for sexual harassment in the workplace and also delineate protections for employees who work for smaller employers.
The History of Sexual Harassment Protection for Employees in Texas
Prior to the passage of this legislation, only interns who were sexually harassed were protected […]

By | October 11th, 2021 ||

Producers Of Creative Work Beware

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that the creator of The Friday the 13th screenplay could terminate his copyright grant to Horror Inc. (the producer of the movie franchise) and reclaim it. The horror show for employers is that if they do not assume ownership of their own copy (such as software code) at the inception of the copy’s creation, they too can lose ownership under the Copyright Act’s reclamation […]

By | October 11th, 2021 ||