2025 Non-Compete Year in Review - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Navigating Workplace Investigations and Follow-Ups
How Litigation Experience Improves Workplace Solutions: One-on-One with Jill Bigler
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Preparing for 2026 – Mandatory Roth and Optional Super Catch-Up Contributions — Troutman Pepper Locke Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Political Speech in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know with Andrew Kragie of Maynard Nexsen
End of Year Recap
Balancing Fun and Professionalism at Holiday Parties
(Podcast) California Employment News: Recall Rights and Extended Reinstatement Protections
From Suits to Statutes: A US Employer's Guide to Canadian Employment Law – Hiring to Firing Podcast
End-of-Year Policy and Training Checkup
New Tips and Overtime Guidance, NLRB Circuit Split, and Stalled Nomination- #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
From Compliance Certification to False Claim: The New DEI Risks Facing Federal-Funding Recipients
Constangy Webinar: Buckle Up, California! 2026 is Just Around the Corner
California Employment News: Equal Pay Enforcement and Pay Data Reporting Updates
Constangy Clips Ep. 12 - Workplace Investigations: 3 Best Practices for Investigative Reports
Constangy Clips Ep. 13 - 4 Things Your Labor & Employment Lawyer is Thankful For
New Leadership and Priorities for the EEOC - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
HIPAA vs. HR - Where Privacy Meets Employment: What's the Tea in L&E?
Work this Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Episode 258: Connor Shaw’s Story: Surviving Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Launching the Heart Huddle
(Podcast) California Employment News: Equal Pay Enforcement and Pay Data Reporting Updates
The Fair Labor Standards Act was one of the earliest American workplace laws to contain an explicit anti-retaliation provision. Modeled after the anti-retaliation provisions in other New Deal legislation, including the...more
We have been tracking the wave of constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) structure and the divergent injunction standards emerging across circuits. ...more
Steven McDoniel was employed by Kavry Management as an “assistant grower” at its licensed marijuana growing facility in Adelanto, California. After $70,000 in cash and marijuana were stolen from the storage room, employees...more
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Three former employees of Circle K Stores sued, alleging age discrimination based upon Circle K’s denial of a promotion. The employees alleged that despite their “impressive track records” and indications on their part of...more
We invite you to review our newly-posted, November 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law...more
Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a privacy officer and the Director of Health Information for a hospital (Mid-Columbia Medical Center) from September 2020, until her employment was terminated in December 2021. Detwiler is a...more
The U.S. Department of State has imposed alarming delays on visa processing, causing H-1B employees and their family members to be stranded outside the United States....more
For over a century, the automotive sector was defined by mechanical engineering, fabrication, and assembly line mastery. But today, the industry is undergoing a technological transformation so profound it is rewriting the DNA...more
Earlier this Fall, the Federal Trade Commission (the “Commission” or the “FTC”) officially ceded its fight to impose a nationwide ban on employee noncompete agreements (the “Noncompete Ban”). Originally championed in May...more
The end of something is always the beginning of something else. That always rings true for years’ end and new employment laws. It is time, once again, for all employers to sit down, buckle up, and get ready for the 2026...more
A new court decision may mark a turning point in the modern administrative state. In Wilcox v. Trump, consolidated with Harris v. Bessent, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the president may...more
Eighth Circuit Vacates NLRB Ruling and Allows Company Prohibition of BLM Logo on Company Uniform - Home Depot v. NLRB, ___ F.4th ___ (8th Cir. Nov. 6, 2025), involved an appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...more
Is an employer's comment to a pro-union employee that “if you're not happy at the company, you can go work for another company” an illegal threat under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)? The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of...more
On October 8, 2025, the Mayor of Philadelphia signed into law amendments (“Amendments”) to the city’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance, commonly known as Philadelphia’s Fair Chance law....more
The New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of a new law that will require private employers to report pay data by race, ethnicity, and sex. This move positions New York City at the forefront of pay...more
The Eleventh Circuit has further downplayed the importance of the lock-step McDonnell Douglas framework for evaluating summary judgment in employment discrimination and retaliation claims, in its latest decision in Ismael v....more
On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it was asking a federal court to compel a private employer to disclose details about its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...more
In its judgment of 23 October 2025 (case reference: 8 AZR 300/24), the German Federal Labour Court (BAG) confirmed the “pair comparison” and thereby significantly facilitated equal pay lawsuits. The higher salary of a single...more
Serious accidents at construction sites, industrial factories, manufacturing facilities, refineries, and power plants are among the leading causes of catastrophic workplace injuries in the United States....more
In episode two of Ropes & Gray’s Non-Financial Misconduct Miniseries, Amanda Raad, co-leader of the firm’s crisis management and global risk practices, and litigation & enforcement senior attorney Sarah Lambert-Porter are...more
The President has the authority to remove National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Members at will, a federal appeals court just affirmed, tossing aside the removal protections in the National Labor Relations Act that has...more
The U.S. Department of State is expanding its review of H-1B and H-4 visa applicants' online presences, and U.S. consulates have started canceling and rescheduling visa appointments scheduled on or after Dec. 15, 2025, when...more
With most of the country’s focus on who was snubbed by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, college athletics reached another inflection point on Monday with the release of Athletes.org’s first-ever draft...more
Bonuses, commissions, profit-sharing, and other incentive programs are powerful tools for motivating employees and rewarding performance. But like those coveted golden rings, they come with rules attached. Mishandling...more
