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Policy Week in Review – December 12, 2025

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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Limit State Regulation of Artificial Intelligence - On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to limit the ability of states to regulate the use of...more

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EEOC Highlights Discrimination Risks With New Anti-American Bias Guidance

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The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released educational materials on national origin discrimination and anti-American bias in November. The EEOC said its latest guidance intends to prevent...more

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New OECD Guidance on ‘Permanent Establishment’ and Overseas Employees

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The issue of whether an individual employed in one jurisdiction but working in another creates a taxable presence (a “permanent establishment” or “PE”) in the country in which the individual is working is a fundamental...more

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Rapid Shifts in US Immigration: New Screening Measures Affecting Travelers, Visa Holders, and Employers

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The past few weeks have brought a remarkable wave of activity across the US immigration landscape, with agencies moving quickly on policy shifts that will shape how employers and applicants navigate the system in 2026 and...more

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Employment Regulatory Recap: 2025

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As 2026 approaches, many employers have been familiarizing themselves with new laws addressing everything from protected leaves to required employee notices and benefits offerings. Employers should also be aware of regulatory...more

Burr & Forman

Online Presence Review Forcing H-1B/H-4 Visa Interview Rescheduling/Delays

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H-1B and H-4 visa applicants have joined the growing list of visa categories subject to the Department of State’s “online presence review.”  Starting December 15, 2025, H-1B and H-4 visa applicants, including those applying...more

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US Solicitor General Supports Plan Sponsors on Key ERISA Legal Questions in US Supreme Court Amicus Briefs

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Over the summer, we published a Legal Update discussing the Supreme Court’s invitations to the US Solicitor General to file briefs expressing his views on whether to grant the cert petitions in two pending ERISA class actions...more

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HL UK Pensions Law Digest 11 December 2025

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Pension Schemes Bill: Virgin Media remedy - Provisions in the Bill will enable retrospective validation of rule changes which may have otherwise been invalid, following the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Virgin Media case....more

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Mandatory workplace trainings in Quebec

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For many years, the question of which trainings were mandatory for Quebec employees had a relatively straightforward answer: apart from an obligation to train new employees, training was generally recommended rather than...more

Baker Donelson

Going for Gold: The Trump Administration Launches the Gold Card

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President Trump announced the launch of the Trump Gold Card immigration initiative on December 10, 2025, activating a new web page for Form I-140G, the Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program....more

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New Local and State-Wide Laws in Pennsylvania Prohibit Discrimination Based on a Variety of Protected Categories

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In the past month, Pennsylvania and its two largest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, enacted legislation that will affect employers across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania adopted legislation to protect against...more

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Missouri Lawmaker Proposes Physician Non-Compete Ban: Key Points for Employers

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A Missouri lawmaker just introduced a bill that would invalidate non-compete agreements for licensed physicians if it gets approved by the legislature and is ultimately signed into law. The proposal, sponsored by state Rep....more

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Be Global: Employment law in 5 - 5 developments to read for November in less than 5 minutes

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The latest edition of our Recording working hours: A guide to employer obligations across the EU and the UK is now available, with information on developments across 26 jurisdictions....more

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USCIS Widens Freeze on Immigration Benefits for Nationals of 19 Countries: Employers Should Expect Delays Across Multiple...

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USCIS recently clarified that its December 2, 2025 policy — initially described as a review of green cards issued to nationals of 19 “high-risk” countries — extends much further than originally understood. A broad range of...more

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Industry Stakeholders Discuss State of USMCA at USTR Hearing

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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Dec. 3-5, 2025, held a hearing on the six-year review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that attracted a broad range of panelists representing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California’s Assembly Bill 692, Restricting Many So-Called “Stay-or-Pay” Employment Contract Terms, Set to Take Effect January 1,...

On January 1, 2026, Assembly Bill (AB) 692 will take effect in California, amending the Labor Code and Business and Professions Code to prohibit certain “stay-or-pay” provisions in employment contracts. Such provisions are...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Preview of Expected Guidance for Employers on “Trump Accounts” and Upcoming Regulations Announced

On December 2, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury Department”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2025-68 (the “Notice”). The Notice announces upcoming regulations with respect to the...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

EEOC Focuses on Anti-American Discrimination

On November 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance, Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law, highlighting the EEOC’s increased focus on preventing...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Tips on Making Year-End Reviews Count

As the year comes to a close, year-end performance reviews are in full swing. While these reviews may not be everyone’s favorite part of the job, they remain an important tool to support workplace development....more

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Trump Accounts: Basics that Families, Foundations, Financial Institutions and Employers Should Know

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Trump Accounts can generally be described as restricted investment accounts for minors, layered with a type of individual retirement account once the minor reaches adulthood. ...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court to Decide Federal Courts' Power to Hear Post-Arbitration Motions

Over the past few decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a series of decisions exploring the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Über Geld spricht man – das BAG und die EU setzen neue Maßstäbe

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Gleicher Lohn für gleiche oder gleichwertige Arbeit unabhängig vom Geschlecht ist nicht nur ein rechtspolitisches Ziel, sondern über §§ 3, 7 EntgTranspG sowie Art. 157 AUEV ein verbindlicher Rechtsanspruch. Lediglich die...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Changements à venir à la législation sur l’emploi pour les employeurs ontariens et fédéraux

Du nouveau en Ontario - Les employeurs sous réglementation provinciale qui exercent des activités en Ontario devraient être au courant des modifications à venir et proposées à la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d’emploi de...more

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2026 Wage Updates for New York State

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In the new year, New York State is set to increase its minimum wage and overtime exemption salary thresholds. The increase in minimum wage is a part of a broader budget legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2023...more

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2025 ERISA Litigation: Forfeitures, Investments, and Health Plans Take Center Stage

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ERISA class action litigation did not let up in 2025. Retirement plan fee litigation – which has dominated for several years – remained steady, with new, or in some cases refined, theories targeting 401(k) forfeitures and...more

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