New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that lets workers periodically peek at their personnel records and contest information they believe to be incorrect, and a legislative committee in New Jersey cleared a bill clarifying working mothers' right to receive accommodations for expressing milk while on the job. Here, Law360 looks at notable state-level legislative developments so far in September.
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors called for several policy changes in a firing case involving a software company, urging the board to ditch a standard that can shield workers from firing for abusive conduct and restore a defunct rules test without a component that categorizes rules by legality.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Sixth Circuit to make clear that workers alleging age discrimination don't have to prove bias was the sole impetus behind a negative workplace consequence, noting that the circuit's case law is inconsistent.