Agencies Step Up DEI Scrutiny, DOL Clarifies Overtime Rules, and California Court Limits PAGA Claims - Employment Law This Week®
California Employment News: Protecting Your Business Information When an Employee Leaves
The Employer’s Guide to Effective Interviews
Supporting the Sandwich Generation: FMLA, ADA & Employer Strategies
Leading People, Not Just Processes: Insights for HR and Employers with Bill Moyer of SOS Leadership
EEO-1 Reports, Remote Work, and Non-Compete Restrictions in Tennessee - Employment Law This Week®
Preparing for Succession Transitions
Croissants, Contracts, and Compliance: When US Work Habits Meet French Law — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Nationwide Shifts in Background Checks: New York’s Credit Ban, Virginia's Sealed Records Law, and Federal FCRA Reform — FCRA Focus Podcast
Employment Law Now X-173 - A Conversation With U.S. DOL Solicitor Jonathan Berry on New DOL Enforcement Priorities
Workforce Unfiltered Episode 3 - Two Running Buddies Discuss 6000 Federal Contractor Investigations
Using 360 Interviews to Choose the Right Leader: What’s the Tea in L&E?
California Employment News: Stop Penalties Before They Start: The Power of Meal and Rest Break Attestations
Exploring AI in HR Practices
An Ounce of Prevention Podcast | Non-Financial Misconduct: Risks, Investigations and Best Practices
5 Frequently Asked Questions about the ADA and FMLA - Constangy Clips Episode 18
Employment Litigation Is More Than Jessica Giambrone Palmese's Practice—It’s Her Passion.
Termination Meetings: Reducing Risk and Protecting Dignity
State Pay Transparency Laws in 2026: Maine and Virginia Join the Ranks - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding Corporate Governance
California's emergency regulations establishing mandatory minimum registered nurse (RN)-to-patient staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals took effect on June 1, 2026, more than two decades after the original...more
Employers frustrated by the rising costs of out-of-network claims covered by the No Surprises Act may have some relief on the horizon under final regulations for the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) system published June...more
On March 19, 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision determining that Illinois’ state wage-and-hour law, 820 ILCS 105/1 (IMWL), does not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act’s (PPA) exclusions for...more
Compliance isn’t a cost, it’s a business advantage. Compliance officers often make one critical mistake, they sell compliance as a legal requirement instead of a business advantage....more
Immigration enforcement is no longer a remote or theoretical risk for construction employers. ICE is conducting active site visits nationwide – detaining workers, halting projects, and triggering cascading contractual and...more
On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued four new opinion letters addressing various issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Two of those letters, FSLA 2026-5 and FLSA 2026-7, came to...more
On June 4, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea R. Lucas signed the National Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029 (the NEP), formally replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal...more
With the 2026 New York State legislative session complete, several employment-related bills have passed both chambers, and now await possible consideration by Governor Hochul. The 2026 New York State legislative session,...more
In the wake of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) taking steps to end EEO-1 reporting, Colorado has implemented its own law requiring EEO-1 reporting on the state level. HB 26-1207, signed on June 4, 2026,...more
A New Jersey appellate court reversed a trial court’s dismissal of whistleblower retaliation claims under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), holding that the plaintiff’s retaliatory termination and hostile work...more
On April 15, House Ways and Means Committee members Reps. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) introduced a bill, the Optimizing Participant Tax Incentives Through Optional Noncash Selections (OPTIONS) Act, which...more
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, the House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act by a vote of 230-191. The union-supported bill would amend the National Labor Relations Act to significantly expedite negotiations...more
In the latest chapter in a decade-long saga to determine if interstate drivers are subject to California’s meal and rest break rules, the Ninth Circuit affirmed that drivers of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles are...more
In a June 1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) reaffirmed that bargaining notes generally are exempt from disclosure under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Stericycle Inc., 374 NLRB No....more
What makes a great manager and what makes a risky one? In this episode of What’s the Tea in L&E, Leah Stiegler and Victor Cardwell unpack the management styles that most often lead employers into litigation trouble, from the...more
Assembly Bill No. 692 (“Bill”) went into effect on January 1, 2026. The new Bill adds Section 16608 to the Business and Professions Code and Section 926 to the Labor Code. The new law prohibits the use of “stay-or-pay”...more
New requirements are now in effect in New York State for employers who do not offer a tax-qualified retirement plan for their employees. Effective earlier this year, the New York Secure Choice Savings Program (the Program)...more
Great news for retirement plan participants who wish to make charitable distributions directly from their qualified plan accounts! A bipartisan group of Representatives and Senators have joined to co-sponsor the “Charity...more
Many plan sponsors believe that once they hire a recordkeeper, TPA, or investment advisor, their fiduciary responsibilities are largely taken care of. While service providers certainly help manage the plan, there is one...more
Virginia’s HB 636/SB 215 will bar employers from seeking or relying on wage or salary history and will require good-faith wage or salary ranges in all job postings beginning July 1, 2026. SB 170 and HB 627/SB 128 will make...more
On May 19, 2026, the New York Assembly passed S.3460, a bill that, if signed into law, would expand employee access to personnel records, require notice of negative information placed in those records and an opportunity to...more
With the summer holidays fast approaching, now is a good time to take stock of the employment law developments coming your way in the second half of 2026. Our June–December 2026 calendar gives a concise snapshot of the key UK...more
A New Jersey appellate court issued a ruling suggesting that employers can successfully assert privilege under New Jersey law over work-product from an outside law firm’s investigation into workplace harassment or...more
The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive 2023/970) is currently heavily discussed – not only in legal literature. The reason for that is it had to be transposed into national law of all 27 Member States by June 7, 2026....more
As part of its review of unpaid carers’ employment rights, the government has opened a consultation highlighting different options for improving support. These could include increasing the amount of unpaid leave carers can...more
