Worldwide: Employment and HR

The New York State Assembly has passed a bill, which if signed by the Governor, would provide employees with new rights with respect to their personnel files, including notice of, and the opportunity to respond to, certain types of “negative information” placed in their personnel files. S3460, which is modeled in part after Massachusetts’ personnel records law, would add new Section 210-b to the New York Labor Law and take effect sixty (60) days if and after Governor Hochul signs it into law.

A federal court in New York analyzed whether California's Fair Employment and Housing Act protections extend to independent contractors and what constitutes actionable retaliation in the entertainment industry. The decision examines worker classification standards, the territorial reach of state employment laws, and whether coordinated reputational campaigns can constitute adverse employment actions under anti-retaliation statutes.

On May 21, 2026, the California Court of Appeal held in Husband v. Target Corporation that, standing alone, an employee’s erratic and irrational behavior is insufficient to put an employer on notice that the employee...