The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which President Trump signed into law in July 2025, purports to eliminate taxes on overtime and tips from 2025 to 2028. Accordingly, the OBBBA requires employers to track overtime and...more
1/7/2026
/ Employer Responsibilities ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,
Over-Time ,
Penalties ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Taxation ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
In a recent federal court case, McCormick v. Chicago Transit Authority, a former transit employee won a jury trial and $300,000 in damages (the maximum award permitted for the claims at issue) when he successfully argued that...more
10/3/2025
/ Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Jury Awards ,
Jury Trial ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Undue Hardship ,
Vaccinations
Employers are facing a new risk related to immigration law non-compliance: incentives for immigration whistleblowers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently amended the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (CWAPP)...more
8/8/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Incentives ,
Risk Management ,
Statutory Violations ,
Visas ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (the EPA) and related state laws require employers to pay men and women equally for equal work. ...more
6/13/2025
/ Burden of Proof ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Sex Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws
Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued an executive order, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the EO), to eliminate the "illegal" diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies...more
Don't wait until an employee or customer overdoses on opioids at your business to consider implementing a workplace naloxone program. Naloxone is a life-saving opioid overdose treatment that is administered as a nasal spray...more
Imagine one of your employees (let’s call her Sarah) recently contracted COVID-19, as so many workers have in the past two years. Unlike your other employees, however, Sarah’s symptoms did not subside after a few weeks....more
6/23/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disability Leave ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Leave ,
Undue Hardship
As the midterm election season approaches, employers may already be dreading inevitable political disagreements at work and wondering how to prevent them. American politics have become more polarized over time, and strong,...more
As the pandemic appears to subside, employers are grappling with whether and how to maintain remote work. For some employers, this means revisiting their pre-pandemic remote work policy; for others this means deciding whether...more