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The Appellate Division handed down two decisions on Oct. 30: 1. Angelo v. Southwestern Central School: The 3rd Dept. is still dealing with COVID-19 cases. Here, a school custodian filed a claim and The Board concluded there...more
Read our latest updates on the US Government shutdown. Previous insights - Government Shutdown Update: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - At 36 days, the government shutdown has now become the longest in U.S. history....more
On October 22, 2025, in Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated, et al., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decision of the Massachusetts appellate court (and consistent with the position of federal courts) that...more
The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the “Agencies”) recently released FAQs about Implementation of the Affordable Care Act Part 72, which...more
Collective defined contribution (CDC): expansion to unconnected employers and retirement-only pensions...more
On September 11, 2025, Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee of the Massachusetts Superior Court held that a parent company cannot enforce a noncompetition provision against the employee of one of its subsidiaries....more
In King v. UPS, decided on September 25, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s race and age discrimination claims, as well as his hostile work...more
Addressing the many compliance risk areas with a standardized taxonomy is critical for risk and compliance leaders for several reasons. First, defining compliance risks using the standardized Risk Categories and Risk Types...more
When an employee departs, especially to join a competitor or start a competitive venture, the risk to the employer’s confidential information and customer relationships can be immediate. In those moments, time is not a...more
On October 30, 2025, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued two decisions interpreting European Union law regulating mass dismissals, or “collective redundancies,” ruling that technical mistakes or noncompliance with...more
When an employee in Germany is unlawfully dismissed and successfully challenges the dismissal in court, the employee is generally entitled under Section 615 sentence 1 of the German Civil Code (BGB) to back pay for the period...more
As employees approach age 65, it is important to provide them with clear, neutral information about their health coverage options—specifically, the choice between remaining on a company’s group health plan or enrolling in...more
Updates regarding the H-1B $100K Proclamation, additional restrictions on visa appointments and the end of automatic extensions for employment authorization documents are included in this month’s edition of Immigration...more
When people ask me what being a 401(k) plan sponsor is like, I sometimes want to tell them: “It’s like being an NFL head coach.” You might laugh, but think about it. Both jobs are filled with high expectations, constant...more
A Massachusetts Superior Court recently addressed whether post-termination commissions contingent on future events qualify as “wages” under the state’s Wage Act law. In Ford v. Vacationeer, LLC, the court granted summary...more
This morning, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing the termination of Temporary Protected Status designation for South Sudan, effective 60 days from today. The...more
Last year, the Appellate Division of the Massachusetts District Court held in Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated—a decision that we addressed in an article published on October 28, 2024—that retention bonuses do not constitute...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law sweeping legislation designed to restrict employers and training providers from requiring workers to repay costs or fees when they leave employment, so-called “training...more
In Alvarado v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 30, 2025, the court clarified the scope of awards under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998....more
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has fundamentally changed the compliance landscape for occupational exposures...more
The new Minnesota Paid Leave (MPL) law, which provides for paid family and medical leave for most employees in Minnesota, will significantly impact the employment landscape for Minnesota employers starting January 1, 2026. ...more
The scope of NLRB remedies for unfair labor practice violations has been disputed since December 2022, when the Board in a novel case called Thryv, Inc., expanded the definition of equitable remedy to include direct or...more
AB 692 will apply to employment contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2026, and will apply to all employers in California. Under the new law, it will be unlawful to include terms in employment contracts that require...more
When you work as an ERISA attorney for TPAs for nearly a decade, you get a front-row seat to some of the most creative interpretations of the law imaginable. I don’t say that as an insult—I say it as someone who spent ten...more
On September 30, 2021, the National Assembly of Quebec adopted An Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime, commonly referred to as ‘Bill 27’ (Act). Some of the provisions of the Act came into force on...more
