Recent Shifts in Non-Compete Regulations
NLRB and DOL Take Action on Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Rules - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems | Episode 11: Navigating Political Speech in the Workplace: What Employers Can (and Can’t) Do
Business Owner’s Guide to Lawsuit Readiness
Serving Up Compliance — Managing Pay Transparency Requirements in the Restaurant Industry
We get Contracting: Episode 1 — Top Five Compliance Challenges for Government Contractors in 2026
Is a Psychological Injury Covered by Workers’ Comp? What's the Tea in L&E?
Disparate Impact
NYC Enforcement Blitz, CA Surveillance Pricing, and PA Criminal History Rule Update - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Navigating AI Compliance: Employer Best Practices Pt.1
Legal News Headlines vs. Reality
From Prime Time to WARN Time: Reality TV Rules for Real-World Employee Separations — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Employment Law Now X-170 - Critical L&E Updates
4 Changes to the H-1B Lottery Process Employers Need to Know - Constangy Clips Episode 16
Calculating and Tracking FMLA Leave Including Travel to Medical Appointments
How to Respond to Employee Concerns About ICE Investigations - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Dov Lutzker Connects the Dots Between ADA Rules and Real-World Solutions
What’s the Buzz on Workplace Drones? What’s the Tea in L&E?
What Do Federal DEI Crackdowns Mean for Employers? - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking, Compliance, and Corporate Accountability — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Fifth Circuit Holds Plaintiff Not Entitled to Overtime Unless Company Had Actual or Constructive Knowledge of Time Worked - Following a jury verdict finding the plaintiff in Merritt v. Tex. Farm Bureau, __F.4th __ (5th...more
Just last week, in Sorokunov v. NetApp, Inc., No. A171964, 2026 WL 590943 (Cal. Ct. App. March 3, 2026), the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that an employee lacked standing to prosecute a PAGA claim for Labor Code...more
California employers can expect several developments from Cal/OSHA this year. Stricter lead exposure limits, enhanced confined space protocols and new training recordkeeping requirements all took effect on Jan. 1, 2026....more
On 22 January 2026, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. Although the withdrawal does not alter federal anti discrimination...more
On March 9, 2026, the New York Department of Health (DOH) issued updated guidance for Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSAs), Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MMCOs), Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs), former...more
William Hasset v. Amick Farms, LLC, IAB No. 1562391 (Dec. 2025) - In this case, the employer, Amick Farms, has offices in Maryland and Delaware. The claimant lives in Delaware and was hired to work out of employer’s Delaware...more
AI-enabled smart glasses – which combine eyewear with real-time audio, video, and AI functionality – are now entering the workplace. They provide productivity and accessibility benefits by allowing users to capture...more
Budd v. Jandrew Enterprises LLC, (1D2024-3161, January 30, 2026) (OJCC# 23-004984) - The First District Court of Appeal recently issued a per curiam affirmed (PCA) ruling concerning the perennial issue of major contributing...more
In a closely watched development, the National Labor Relations Board has declined to overrule Ex‑Cell‑O Corp., 185 NLRB 107 (1970), preserving a 56‑year‑old framework that limits remedies when an employer refuses to bargain...more
Microsoft Threat Intelligence issued a report on March 6, 2026, entitled, “AI as tradecraft: How threat actors operationalize AI,” which outlines how threat actors, including those from North Korea, are “operationalizing AI...more
The United States Postal Service (“USPS”) recently issued a final rule that became effective December 24, 2025 to clarify the definition and application of postmarks. The rule provides that a postmark applied at a USPS...more
On March 6, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published another series of updated and new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”), this time focusing on portions of...more
Since the enactment of the federal Controlled Substances Act in 1970, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, a category reserved for drugs deemed to have no currently accepted medical use, a high potential for...more
Attendees of the Federal Bar Association’s annual Qui Tam Conference gained valuable insights from one of DOJ’s top False Claims Act enforcers last month. Commercial Litigation Branch Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brenna...more
In January, the EEOC rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “2024 Guidance”) to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and...more
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) controversial Biden-era framework—known as the Cemex standard—that empowered the Board to order employers...more
Missouri’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission recently signaled a shift in how it evaluates permanent partial disability (PPD) ratings on appeal – a change that may result in higher or lower PPD awards depending on the...more
Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board to adopt policies limiting total annual compensation for all TVA employees, including the CEO, to $500,000 in order to align pay with public-sector standards and promote...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen’s Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Stephanie Karn, partner in the Labor, Employment and Immigration Section at William Mullen, to discuss one of the most common questions...more
Continuing the Trump Administration’s efforts to support employer compliance through education and assistance, OSHA recently added a new option to its array of cooperative programs administered by the agency’s Directorate of...more
As the Department of Labor’s (DOL) composition ebbs and flows from administration to administration, so does the guidance employers receive on one of the most challenging questions in workforce management: Should workers be...more
In the last few weeks, the EEOC has sent a message that employers should not miss: DEI programs and initiatives that differentiate by protected class, or that are perceived to do so in design or effect, are now squarely in...more
In a significant application of Second Circuit “class standing” doctrine to ERISA service-provider litigation, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in Carfora v. Teachers Insurance...more
A reduction in force is one of the hardest decisions any organization makes. Even when the business case is clear, the human impact is not. Jobs are lost. Teams are disrupted....more
On February 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) launched a new webpage to confidentially accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering, and sanctions...more
