On September 1, 2023, Chapter 331 of the Texas Healthcare and Safety Code, the “Workplace Violence Prevention” (“WVP”) law went into effect, which requires healthcare facilities in Texas to adopt workplace violence prevention...more
On June 14, 2023, the Texas legislature added Chapter 104A, “Reporting Workplace Violence” law to the Texas Labor Code, which created a new worksite notice requirement for Texas employers. The law, which became effective on...more
On December 29, 2023, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), which was included within the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2023. Enforcement began on...more
Over the past decade, employers and employee recruiting platforms have increasingly relied on advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms, to assist with screening, interviewing, and selecting...more
Although the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization more than a month ago, its effects continue to ripple outward, and likely will for the foreseeable future. Employers must be...more
Since April 2021, when all adults in the United States became eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government, as well as most state legislatures and local officials, implemented extensive measures to increase...more
In recent years, and in the wake of the #MeToo movement, several states have moved toward providing enhanced protections to employees subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, including requiring mandatory sexual...more
In May 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated Section K of its COVID-19 guidance to provide additional insight on workplace vaccination programs. Since December 2020, when the EEOC first issued...more