Managing Employee Compliance in Highly Regulated Industries — Hiring to Firing Podcast
The Labor Law Insider: Recent U.S. Supreme Court, NLRB Decisions Highlight Labor Issues in Higher Education
Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
Episode 138 -- Employee Relations and Engagement in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
Day 19 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Use of Social Media for Continuous Improvement
April 23, 2024, was a big day for the Biden Administration, as the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) almost simultaneously launched new revamped rules which will affect millions of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this week, the Biden Administration announced actions to support the equal pay principles set forth by Executive Orders 14035 and 14069. These actions will impact federal contractors and...more
President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order devised to establish minimum risk practices for use of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) with focus on rights and safety of people, with many consequences for...more
Wednesday, November 8, 2023: US DOL Honored 859 Civilian Employers with 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion Awards - Corresponding with Veterans Day 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a sweeping order on artificial intelligence. Among its numerous provisions, the Order touches on several issues of interest to employers. For employers...more
Monday, October 30, 2023: President Biden’s Supersized Executive Order on AI Includes Directives for US DOL & Many Other Agencies - EO Contains 3 Sections with Specific Directives for US DOL - It’s “all hands-on deck”...more
Seyfarth synopsis: President Biden’s Executive Order on artificial intelligence sets forth his vision for America to continue leading in AI innovation while also addressing risks associated with the use of AI. While much of...more
Effective January 1, 2024, the minimum wage for workers who perform work on or in connection with federal contracts will increase from $16.20 per hour to $17.20 per hour. This will apply to most federal contracts entered into...more
In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule that would render virtually all non-competes, including even most agreed to as part of a sale of a business, unfair methods of competition and,...more
On July 11, 2023, the California Court of Appeal in Thai v. IBM held that whether an employer is obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by an employee working from home turns on whether the expenses were a direct...more
Changing CEOs is one of the most critical decisions any board faces. In this issue of The Informed Board, we offer tips on how to avoid the mistakes we most often see. We also explain the problems companies could face if the...more
On March 31, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded a Trump Administration rule that provided a faith-based carve-out exempting federal contractors from compliance with certain...more
Monday, February 13, 2023: NLRB Again Extended Reply Comment Period on Proposed Fair Choice and Employee Voice Rule - Deadline for Reply Comments Now March 1 - Board Noted Administrative Error in Online Public Comment...more
On December 19, 2022, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that, if signed by Governor Phil Murphy, would amend the effective date of amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ...more
On January 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission), an agency charged with enforcing federal antitrust laws and protecting competition, proposed a new rule that would prohibit “employers” from imposing...more
On Jan. 5, the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a new rule which acts as a complete ban—both prospectively and retroactively—on all non-competition agreements (“non-compete(s)”) (the “Proposed...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its proposal of a new rule on January 5, 2023, that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers and invalidate all existing noncompetes currently in...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order requesting that agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issue rules banning employers from entering non-compete agreements with employees. Following...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against all employees and would preempt state laws that...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule banning non-compete agreements. The 218-page notice of proposed rulemaking details the FTC’s position on the value (or lack thereof) of...more
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision (Dobbs), several states have already begun outlawing abortions and more states are expected to do so. Some states are also considering...more
The vaccine mandates President Biden announced on September 9 have not aged well. Two are enjoined nationwide and a skeptical Supreme Court so undermined one that the government withdrew it, at least for the immediate future....more
In the past few days, there have been multiple developments in the legal challenges to the various vaccine mandates, one in favor of a mandate, one against. In addition, the first vaccine mandate challenge has now reached the...more
On December 7, 2021, in Georgia v. Biden, No. 1:21-cv-163, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of President Joe Biden’s...more
Due to the ongoing pandemic, federal contractors nationwide – and the attorneys who represent them – have been closely monitoring the government’s implementation of a vaccine mandate. The potential of an enforceable mandate...more