While it may feel like a rollback of employment law compliance requirements and enforcement priorities at the federal level, state legislatures continue to enact and amend state employment laws....more
3/5/2026
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Illinois ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Leave of Absence ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
State Labor Laws ,
State OSHA Laws ,
Transparency ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Workplace Safety
As we began covering in our first labor and employment law roundup, changes at the federal level require employers to constantly keep up to date with enforcement trends. The state level is no different....more
1/12/2026
/ Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Gig Economy ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Promissory Notes ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Retirement Plan ,
State Labor Laws ,
State-Run Retirement Plans ,
State-Sponsored Retirement Plans
As 2025 comes to a close, the new year offers an opportunity to take a look back at the trends and developments that have shaped labor and employment law over the past year, and what it might indicate about the landscape in...more
1/6/2026
/ Affirmative Action ,
Ames v Ohio Department of Youth Services ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
Remote and hybrid work, once a novelty, is now integrally incorporated into how many employees work effectively forever. Employers and employees alike have settled into longer term remote working arrangements that have...more
12/19/2025
/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ,
Business Expenses ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Reimbursements ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Alan Dershowitz, retired Harvard Law professor and former attorney for Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump, has made some headlines over the past week over his feud with a pierogi vendor on Martha’s Vineyard. According to...more
8/8/2025
/ California ,
Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Liability ,
Political Affiliation ,
Political Expression ,
Political Speech ,
Public Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
State Law Claims ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Viewpoint Discrimination
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced new rules that went into effect May 1, 2025. The new rules revise both their consumer arbitration and employment arbitration sets. The purpose of the rule change was to...more
Utilizing regulatory powers under its UDAP law, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (the “MMPA”), Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a new rule, codified as 15 C.S.R § 60-19, that would prohibit social...more
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb recently filed a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving some District residents into paying for Prime delivery benefits they are not receiving, in violation of the Consumer Protection...more