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Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: Practical Advice to Safeguard Your Company’s Critical Assets - April 10th,...

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The protection of trade secrets and confidential information is critical to the success of many organizations. Employers must remain vigilant against the growing risk of sensitive information being compromised, especially...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Humanitarian Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) Terminated

Effective immediately, the termination of the humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) affects all beneficiaries who were granted protection from removal and work authorization for...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Department of Labor Clarifies Management Cannot Keep Tips From a Tip Pool and Reverts Back to the Dual Jobs Rule

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In January, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter clarifying managers and supervisors still cannot receive or keep tips, including from a tip pool. This came shortly after the DOL restored the dual...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

March 2025 Visa Bulletin Released: What Employers Need to Know

The Department of State released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin and USCIS has confirmed they will continue to utilize the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based Adjustment of Status applications. The Final Action Dates...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Labor & employment in Week 4 of Trump 2: No love lost.

Everything's enjoined! Almost. It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down. To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update short. ...more

Kerr Russell

Michigan Employers Required to Provide Paid Sick Time Beginning February 21, 2025

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Effective February 21, 2025, all Michigan employers will be required to provide employees with paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The ESTA replaces the current rules under the Michigan Paid Medical Leave...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Set to Amend Law Addressing Retail Employee Workplace Violence Prevention

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A workplace violence prevention law passed by the New York State legislature in June 2024 and signed into law by the Governor in September 2024 with certain provisions set to take effect in March 2025 has been amended....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

HUBZone Final Rule: HUBZone Employee Eligibility

On December 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a final rule that made significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program. The final rule generally adopted many of the changes SBA...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Updates for Employers Using Private Plans to Comply with Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law

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Minnesota is one of a dozen states that have enacted a statewide program providing compensation to employees during family and medical leaves. Minnesota’s law provides job protection and payment of benefits through a...more

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Paid Leave Oregon’s New Rules Clarify Employee Benefit Information for Employers

Paid Leave Oregon is a wage replacement benefit program administered by the Oregon Employment Department meant to compensate employees who need to take time off work to care for and bond with a child following the child’s...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Are You Ready for It? Section 1557's Upcoming Deadlines

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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) published its final rules implementing the anti-discrimination provisions under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Final Rule”) on May...more

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EEOC Initiates Initial String of Lawsuits Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) following the release of its final rule and interpretative guidance in April 2024. We previously...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The FTC’s Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements is Dead. Long Live Noncompete Agreements?

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Final Rule outlawing nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees. That Final Rule, however, was overturned at the end of August 2024....more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 2, July 2024

Welcome to the Summer issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. We continue to see substantial activity and legal developments impacting employers. In this edition, we cover Artificial Intelligence,...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

The Federal Trade Commission Ban on Non-Competes and its Impact on Transitioning Representatives and Advisors

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule banning non-compete provisions nationwide (the Rule). While the FTC contends that non-competes keep wages low, suppress new ideas and stifle the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

DOL Issues Final Rule on H-2A Worker Protections

The U.S. Department of Labor recently published its Final Rule, “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States.” The Department of Labor first announced proposed regulatory...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Update: 12 Essential Items on Your May To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Perkins Coie

EEOC’s Final Rule Regarding Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Final Rule, scheduled to take effect on June 18, 2024. The Final Rule largely leaves in place the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Expands Title VII, EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule, AI Screening Tools - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we’re breaking down the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS’s) new workplace discrimination decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), and how...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Summary of the EEOC’s Final Regulations Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) became effective on June 27, 2023. On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its proposed regulations on the PWFA. After receiving over 100,000...more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: EEOC Issues Final Regulations

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on April 19,...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Open Doors: Navigating OSHA’s New Walkaround Rule

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In the latest administrative move aligned with President Biden’s promise to be “the most pro-union president in American history,” on April 1, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - November 2023

...NLRB Issues Final Rule on ‘Joint Employer’ Standard On - October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule titled “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status,” which rescinds and...more

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National Labor Relations Board Addresses Joint Employer Standard

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a final rule on October 26, 2023, which addresses the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The...more

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