Please join us for the 21st Annual Women’s Symposium, presented by the Women’s Network of Miles & Stockbridge. This year, we’re thrilled to feature a special conversation with Dean LaVonda N. Reed of the University of...more
President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders in his first week in office with broad implications for federal agencies, contractors and, potentially, private employers. Executive orders only apply to federal...more
Join us for a half-day of SHRM- and HRCI-approved programming and plenty of networking. Our annual Hot Topics in Employment Law Seminar is a must-attend event for business owners, legal experts, C-suite executives, and HR...more
1/30/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Diversity ,
Employee Engagement ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Remote Working ,
Social Media Policy ,
Wage and Hour
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued guidance to assist health care providers in addressing their patients’ needs for accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge vacated and set aside the final rule issued by the Department of Labor (“DOL” or the “Department”), which increased the salary threshold required to classify certain positions as exempt...more
11/19/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Summary Judgment ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
A slew of new employment laws take effect Tuesday in Maryland related to job postings, wage statements, discrimination, prevailing wages and workplace fraud, among other topics....more
10/1/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Effective Date ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Salary ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Prevailing Wages ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements
Louisiana recently passed new legislation prohibiting employers from including nondisclosure provisions in agreements with employees that prospectively forbid employees from disclosing or discussing certain facts or claims...more
Under new legislation amending Maryland’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Law, employers in the state will be required, as of Oct. 1, to include certain wage information in both public and internal job postings and advertisements....more
A New York law recently went into effect significantly limiting employers’ ability to make inquiries regarding employees’ personal social media accounts....more
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation earlier this month that would require employers to disclose pay ranges in job postings and prohibit employers from screening prospective employees based on their salary...more
Last year continued the trend of rising inflation, interest rates and borrowing costs, as well as cost-of-living increases. With these concerns top of mind, many states continued to increase their required minimum wage rates....more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the two agencies have agreed to work together to...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (“WHD”) entered into a far-reaching Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) last week under which the two agencies...more
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month in favor of an evangelical Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays due to Sabbath observance....more
7/26/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
USPS
Employers are increasingly relying on electronic systems to supplement – and, at times, supplant – the work of actual human employees relating to certain hiring, retention and employee-management practices. Such systems are...more
The National Labor Relations Board has reverted to decades-old standards for assessing whether employee misconduct during the course of protected activity should be protected under federal labor law. The Board’s move will...more
5/3/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Retroactive Application ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Proposed legislation that would govern recreational marijuana use in Maryland was amended earlier this month in the House of Delegates to remove employer protections.
Consistent with existing state policy regarding...more
The past year has brought many challenges, including those associated with rising inflation and cost-of-living increases. With such concerns top of mind, many states are increasing their required minimum wage rates. Employers...more
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act, a new pay transparency law imposing increased payroll reporting requirements on large employers and placing...more
In a stunning decision that has the potential to change the way independent private schools operate, a federal district judge recently ruled in Conrad v. Baltimore Lutheran High School Association d/b/a Concordia Preparatory...more
The Supreme Court has recently taken the challenge of assessing the scope and breadth of workplace arbitration provisions under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, and Southwest...more
4/14/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Southwest Airlines ,
State Labor Laws ,
Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana
After hearing oral argument on January 7, 2022, on January 14, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a ruling staying the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing mandate for large employers.
As many doubtless know, on...more
1/18/2022
/ Administrative Authority ,
Biden Administration ,
Biden v Missouri ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Lack of Authority ,
National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
OSHA ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a sweeping six-pronged plan aimed at addressing the nation’s most recent surge of coronavirus cases fueled by the formidable delta variant. As part of that plan, Biden declared...more
9/13/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Rule ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Private Sector ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Whistleblowers who report perceived illegal activity by an individual, agency, or organization have long been heralded as heroes, serving both the public and private sectors by producing evidence of wrongdoing despite great...more
9/10/2021
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Litigation ,
OIG ,
Retaliation ,
USAID ,
USAID Oversight ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers