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False Claims Act Insights - Rogue Employees: Vicarious Liability Under the False Claims Act
Employment Law Now X-169 - Beginning Season 10: Politics As Usual?
How Jonathan Brenner Delivers Creative Legal Solutions for California Employers
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion Podcast - Voluntary Benefits and the Rising Risk for Employers
From Suits to Statutes: A US Employer's Guide to Canadian Employment Law – Hiring to Firing Podcast
California Employment News: Equal Pay Enforcement and Pay Data Reporting Updates
Workplace Mental Health: Strategies for Stress and Anxiety Relief
Tricks, Not Treats: Frighteningly Common Employment Pitfalls to Avoid
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - AI, Trade Secrets, and White Collar Risk for Employers with Michael Parente of Maynard Nexsen
Daily Compliance News: October 13, 2025, The Glue Employees Edition
We get Privacy for work — Episode 10: Employee Monitoring Tools: Too Good to be True?
False Claims Act Insights - Recent Federal Executive Actions Place Anti-Discrimination Within the FCA’s Orbit
Betty la Fea, cuando la moda… incomoda
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Responding to an OSHA Fatality Inspection with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - AI, Algorithms, and Employment Risk with Gary Moore of USC School of Law
We get Privacy for work — Episode 9: The Explosion in BIPA Litigation
Social Media and Employee Firings: What Employers Need to Know - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
How to Handle Employee Misconduct When It Impacts Your Business
Could Your Business Be a Joint Employer Without Knowing It?
2025 was an eventful year for whistleblower laws in Australia and APAC, with significant judicial decisions, and renewed efforts for reform in the corporate and public sector whistleblower space. Overall, these trends...more
A company selling artificial intelligence (AI)-powered applicant assessment tools has been hit with a lawsuit that may be the first of its kind to claim that such tools violate the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and...more
Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals furthered a trend of ruling favorably for religious organization employers in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown. In a case specific to Washington, the Ninth Circuit...more
Navigating today’s constantly evolving compliance landscape can be challenging. To help simplify the process, Berkshire has compiled an overview of key federal and state EEO reporting deadlines and thresholds, giving you the...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reaffirmed that employers are not liable for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act unless they have actual or constructive knowledge that an employee...more
But, then, don't we make our own luck? Happy Friday the 13th, aka Valentine’s Day Eve. I don't love what this employer did, so I'm going with Friday the 13th. A legal assistant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who was...more
It has long been established that, to be enforceable, a release of a FLSA claim must be approved by either the Department of Labor or a court. While courts in the Second and Eleventh Circuits have consistently adhered to this...more
Introduction - The Australian Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety team help our clients achieve success across the full range of workplace issues. In truth, the legal and social...more
In January 2026, the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences published a NanoTrust Dossier entitled “Occupational Exposure Limits for Nanomaterials.” ...more
On January 16, 2026, a federal jury in Atlanta awarded $5.5 million to a security guard who alleged that her security company’s vice president of operations sexually harassed her....more
For some odd reason, we have had several workplace assault claims come to us recently. As a result, we have had to dust off and update our research into the compensability of the claims and the injuries sustained. The...more
We report on four key legal developments last month involving independent contractor (IC) misclassification, the most important of which was a decision involving the joint employment doctrine. Class action lawyers alleging IC...more
A new wave of litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has emerged, zeroing in on a technology many employers now routinely use: AI-powered meeting transcription and note-taking tools. In...more
The past year brought a number of changes impacting private employers, the government and the legal industry. If the first month of 2026 is any indicator, this year will be just as busy. The start of the year serves as an...more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Texas state agencies and public universities in late January that they must stop filing new H‑1B visa petitions unless they secure a written exception from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The...more
Connecticut maintains some of the strictest final pay requirements in the nation. When employment ends, employers face rigid statutory deadlines. Miss them, and the potential consequences multiply quickly: Double damages....more
On 17 January 2026, outgoing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill No. 3451 (AB 3451), expanding the category of employers covered by the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) and the employees eligible...more
Ramadan is anticipated to start on February 19, 2026, subject to the sighting of the new crescent moon. It is the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar and a period of fasting, worship, and spiritual development....more
From virtual meetings to security cameras and smartphones, or even AI glasses and recordings, employees are finding new and novel ways to capture workplace discussions and settings more easily....more
Construction employers face unique challenges when responding to workplace complaints. Rotating crews, multiple employers and unions operating on the same jobsite, and informal, fast-paced communication styles can increase...more
At the start of every year my social media algorithms are often inundated with ads for “tax strategists” and ways to decrease your taxes. New this year (at least to me) are posts providing “advice” on how to minimize income...more
New York state and New York City (NYC) continue to advance an extensive and evolving framework of workplace regulations. Several new statutory and regulatory developments will impact employers across industries in 2026. These...more
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California - Plaintiffs filed suit against multiple Defendants, including Lockheed Martin Corporation, due to decedent Alice Faulk’s asbestos exposure,...more
At a glance - On 4 November 2025, Singapore's Parliament passed the Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill, which establishes a dispute resolution framework for workplace discrimination claims. With this second...more
On February 2, 2026, the California Legislature declined to pass Senate Bill (SB) 310, which would have created a private right of action for employees to sue employers to recover penalties for untimely wage payments (e.g.,...more
