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"It's part of the courts recognizing … that the wage gap is real and it's substantial, and legislatures are well within their rights to take legislative action to address the wage gap," said Chauniqua Young of Outten & Golden LLP, who represents workers bringing discrimination and wage and hour claims.

"It's an added nuance to the age-old question of where to file," said Christopher McNerney, who represents workers as a partner at Outten & Golden LLP. "Some of the considerations are: Where is the bulk of the company's business? What is convenient for your clients? What is the status of the law?"

A California judge ruled this week that the confidentiality agreements Google requires its employees to sign are too broad and break the state’s labor laws, a decision that could make it easier for workers at famously secret Big Tech firms to speak openly about their companies.

A Google employee identified as John Doe argued that the broad nondisclosure agreement the company asked him to sign barred him from speaking about his job to other potential employers,...

Chauniqua Young of Outten & Golden LLP, who represents workers in discrimination cases, said new requirements that employers must be transparent around salary ranges, which Connecticut, Nevada and Rhode Island passed in 2021, were especially important.

"The fact that you have three jurisdictions passing these types of laws is a tribute to legislatures trying to get things done and probably a host of organizers that are bringing issues to state legislatures' attention," Young said. "I expect to see that more states will pass pay transparency laws."

Outten & Golden partner Ossai Miazad recently settled a hiring discrimination case against The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) on behalf of David Rodriguez, a DACA recipient who applied for an internship at P&G, and others similarly situated to him.  The case sought to address P&G’s policy and practice of screening out internship and entry-level applicants who are non-United States citizens unless they held a long-term work authorization.

The case was filed as a putative class action in federal district court in...

In the hierarchy of hard-to-fill jobs, the assistant manager is at the top.

The role, long considered a thankless but necessary steppingstone to higher-paying managerial jobs in industries like retail and hospitality, has lost even more appeal during the pandemic.

That is making it harder for restaurants and other businesses to fill a critical role at a time when...