Employment Law and Labour Law

Hiring household employees like nannies, caregivers, and housekeepers creates formal employer obligations that many families overlook. This guide examines the legal, tax, and compliance requirements that apply when bringing domestic workers into your home, from work authorization and payroll taxes to state-specific employment protections and insurance coverage.

The Department of Labor has proposed a new electronic disclosure safe harbor for group health plans that would significantly expand the scope of electronic delivery options beyond the current 2002 rule. This proposed rule introduces streamlined requirements for delivering ERISA-required documents through email and website notifications, while establishing new protections for participant information and access rights. Plan administrators must understand how these changes could affect their disclosure obligat

As the SECURE 2.0 Act deadline for mandatory catch-up contributions for some plan participants looms, many retirement plan sponsors are beginning to amend their plan documents to meet its requirements.

Hiring household employees like nannies, caregivers, and housekeepers creates formal employer obligations that many families overlook. This guide examines the legal, tax, and compliance requirements that apply when bringing domestic workers into your home, from work authorization and payroll taxes to state-specific employment protections and insurance coverage.

State legislatures have accelerated efforts to limit restrictive covenants for healthcare professionals, creating a changing and fragmented legal landscape. To understand where we’re headed, we reviewed state legislation around the country enacted over the past two years.

Following the FTC's withdrawal of its nationwide non-compete ban, the space industry faces a complex patchwork of state laws governing these agreements. With specialized talent in short supply and proprietary knowledge at stake, companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin must navigate dramatically different enforcement standards across key aerospace hubs in Texas, California, Florida, Colorado, Alabama, Virginia, and Washington.

The EU AI Act's delayed compliance deadline for workplace AI systems offers multinational employers a critical window to establish governance frameworks and assess their recruiting, workforce management, and employment decision-making tools. Legal experts examine which AI applications may be classified as high-risk and outline strategic steps organizations should take now to prepare for cross-jurisdictional compliance challenges.

State legislatures have accelerated efforts to limit restrictive covenants for healthcare professionals, creating a changing and fragmented legal landscape. To understand where we’re headed, we reviewed state legislation around the country enacted over the past two years.

When a group of key employees walks out the door and lands at a direct competitor, an employer’s instinct is to act fast and act broadly—filing suit and casting a wide net for evidence of wrongdoing.

As the SECURE 2.0 Act deadline for mandatory catch-up contributions for some plan participants looms, many retirement plan sponsors are beginning to amend their plan documents to meet its requirements.

Employers face strategic decisions about whether to adopt Trump Account Contribution Programs (TACPs) following new DOL guidance clarifying their ERISA status. This analysis examines how TACPs compare against existing family-friendly benefits like dependent care FSAs, 529 plans, HSAs, and student loan assistance, providing a framework for total rewards committees to evaluate demographic fit, competitive positioning, and budget trade-offs.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not require multiemployer pension plans to use actuarial assumptions to calculate withdrawal liability adopted before a certain deadline