On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released four new opinion letters interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). ...more
10/31/2025
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The contemporary workplace is characterized by unprecedented generational diversity. Having a multigenerational workforce can lead to diverse perspectives, knowledge sharing, enhanced productivity, and mentoring...more
9/26/2025
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While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is designed to protect employees who suffer from a qualifying "serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of" their job, its administration...more
EmployNews has previously covered the EEOC's Final Regulations Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which provided clarity to employers and workers about who is protected under the landmark statute, the...more
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by employers, with a few limited exceptions....more
5/10/2024
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On April 19, 2024, EmployNews covered the EEOC's Final Regulations Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which provided clarity to employers and workers about who is protected under the landmark statute, the...more
As we have previously covered in EmployNews, on June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) took effect, which requires most employers with 15 or more employees to offer reasonable workplace accommodations to...more
As we have previously covered in EmployNews, in June 2023, the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a memo arguing that most noncompete agreements violate Section 7 of the National Labor...more
3/8/2024
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