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Can an Employee Claim Retaliation for Whistleblowing When They Were Simply Doing Their Job?

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Assume the following, you ask your company’s in-house counsel to handle a highly sensitive matter involving bribery of foreign officials. The employee is given access to confidential attorney-client privileged information...more

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Mid-Year Paid Family Medical Leave Update

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It is that time of year again when about half of the state paid family and medical leave (PFML) programs have announced changes to their contribution rates and benefits. A few programs have also announced a new state average...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Hot Dogs, Fireworks, and the One Big Beautiful Bill: What Employers Need to Know About the Employee Benefits and Executive...

On July 4, 2025, there were more than hot dogs and fireworks. President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a comprehensive law that implements several of the administration’s tax, health, defense, and energy...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Trump’s Megabill: Expanding Choice With Health Savings Accounts

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the reconciliation bill entitled An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (“Act”) into law. The changes proposed in the earlier House version of the...more

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Tax Bill Changes 1099 Reporting Thresholds

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes two important changes to tax reporting requirements that should be of interest to employers....more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: July 2025

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The government has also published a roadmap setting out its overarching aims for its reforms to workplace pensions as well as indicative timing for implementation of the Bill. The roadmap indicates that the reforms will come...more

Fisher Phillips

OSHA Proposes Major Limit on Enforcing General Duty Clause Violations – What It Means for Employers in High-Risk Industries

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OSHA just proposed a new rule that would restrict its own ability to regulate inherently risky work, signaling a major shift in how the agency would apply the broad “General Duty Clause” in the sports, entertainment, and...more

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Workplace Wrap - July 2025

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As we find ourselves in the new financial year, a number of the key financial thresholds relating to employees have changed. Click here to view our summary of the key thresholds for the 2025/2026 financial year. From 1 July...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative

In this episode, AGG Employment partner and co-chair, Ashley Kelly, speaks with leaders of the firm's new Civil Rights & False Claims Act Risk & Response Team, Gabe Scannapieco and Sara Lord, about the DOJ’s recent move to...more

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OSHA Issues NPRMs Affecting 26 Standards, Proposes Key Changes for Employers

On July 1, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to twenty-six current standards. ...more

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FY 2026 H-1B Cap Filing Period Has Now Closed - What’s Next?

After U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website users reported a high number of technical issues on June 30, 2025, when attempting to file H-1B cap-subject petitions through USCIS’s online platform, USCIS...more

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Work This Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 51: Smarter Recruiting Strategies with Rhiannon Poore of Forge Search

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Episode 51: Smarter Recruiting Strategies with Rhiannon Poore of Forge Search Recorded at the 2025 Greenville SHRM Conference, hosts Tina and Faye welcome Rhiannon Poore, Founder and CEO of Forge Search, to explore how...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: “Trump Accounts” – Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts for Children

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On Friday, July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) (“Big Beautiful Bill”) after narrow approval from both houses of Congress. The legislation extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Florida expands rules favoring noncompetes while other states limit them further

2025 has been a busy year for new state legislation on employee restrictive covenant agreements, particularly in the healthcare sector. While several states have pushed forward new legislation restricting employee restrictive...more

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Plans to Reduce Federal Workforce

On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower-court judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce and restructure the federal workforce,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Chicago labor ordinances/upgrades take effect

Notices Chicago businesses are required to post public notices related to minimum wage, paid leave and paid sick and safe leave, and the Fair Workweek ordinance, in a conspicuous place at the place of employment. Chicago...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Contemporaneous Onboarding Documents May Invalidate An Employer’s “Squeaky Clean” Arbitration Agreement

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a healthcare staffing company, believed that it had a “squeaky clean” Arbitration Agreement with its employees. ...more

Ice Miller

Practical Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Injunction Ruling on Employers

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On June 27, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Trump v. CASA, Inc. that limited the power of federal district courts to issue universal injunctions....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ensuring Accountability and Prioritizing Public Safety in Federal Hiring (Trump EO Tracker)

Through October 15, 2025, all executive departments and agencies are prohibited from filling vacant federal civilian positions or creating new ones unless exempted by law or approved under a limited review process...more

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OSHA Proposes Rule to Limit General Duty Clause Enforcement for Inherently Risky Professional Activities

On July 1, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to clarify and narrow the application of the General Duty Clause, 29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1), as it...more

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OSHA Proposes Rule Excluding Inherently Risky Professional Activities from Scope of General Duty Clause

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to clarify the application of the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers Won’t Face Double Damages from DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Administrative Proceedings

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued new internal guidance that significantly changes its approach to administrative settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Field Assistance...more

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California Publishes New Violence Victims’ Leave and Accommodation Notice

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On July 1, 2025, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) issued a new notice of employee rights and an FAQ under AB 2499, a victims’ leave law enacted last year. As described in this December 2024 Cooley alert,...more

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Where is the Updated Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark?

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Historically, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published an annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark on or around March 31st. However, as of July 8th,...more

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Fidelity’s Q1 2025 Retirement Data: Encouraging Signals, But Let’s Keep It Real

Fidelity just dropped their Q1 2025 retirement analysis, and while average balances for 401(k), 403(b), and IRAs dipped slightly due to market volatility, there’s some good news buried under the market noise: participants...more

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