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Supporting the Sandwich Generation: FMLA, ADA & Employer Strategies
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State Pay Transparency Laws in 2026: Maine and Virginia Join the Ranks - Employment Law This Week®
For years, employers have heard predictions of sweeping labor law reform. Indeed, past legislation has been a compelling talking point in presidential elections. Who doesn’t remember the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) which...more
Although France has missed the June 7, 2026 deadline for transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law, the government recently released a revised draft of such a law. Below are the key features of the draft...more
Key Takeaways: On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) approved a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for fiscal years 2025–2029, replacing the Biden-era 2024–2028 Strategic...more
On June 9, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), a bipartisan bill aimed at accelerating negotiations for initial collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor...more
On Monday, June 8, 2026, a federal judge in Massachusetts invalidated the $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas,1 determining that President Trump lacked the authority to impose a tax on this visa program for highly skilled...more
The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (“PAC”) recently issued several binding opinions regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act (“OMA”). While more in-depth summaries are included below,...more
In a significant development for employers in the Third Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that the FLSA does not permit recovery of “overtime gap time” wages. While the decision limits the...more
Effective July 1, 2026, Tennessee employers will be prohibited from requiring, requesting or enforcing a noncompete agreement against an employee whose annualized compensation is less than $70,000. The new law puts Tennessee...more
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a plan providing guidance on how AI should be used by the pensions industry (the Plan). The Plan also outlines TPR’s role in, and approach to, overseeing the adoption of AI by...more
Delaware’s long-standing reputation as a pro-business, employer-friendly jurisdiction has made the state a popular choice for employers’ state of incorporation, the location of their headquarters, and the state whose laws...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) first False Claims Act (FCA) settlement under its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative offers key insight for federal contractors, federal funding recipients and healthcare providers. Under...more
Key Takeaways: The Third Circuit held that the FLSA does not provide a cause of action for overtime gap time claims....more
In this episode of The Inside Track, Grace Shie and Paul Sarauskas break down the EU Posted Workers Directive — the law designed to protect workers who are temporarily sent into the European Union to perform services. They...more
Fuel prices are on the rise, and so are wages, so get your fill of notable rate-related developments since our January 1 update, along with known nonexempt and exempt employee rate changes that will take effect on July 1,...more
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