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Employment law and labour law articles and thought leadership, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore articles covering topics such as Discrimination, Employee Benefits and Compensation, Health and Safety, Unfair/Wrongful Dismissal, Whistleblowing, Employment Rights, Outsourcing and Redundancy.

Departments Press Pause On Final Mental Health Parity Regulations

Yesterday, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services announced a non-enforcement policy.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

IRS Releases 2026 Inflation-Adjusted Amounts For HSAs, HDHPs, And HRAs

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2025-19 with the 2026 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and excepted-benefit health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs).

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Washington Governor Signs State's 'Mini-WARN Act': Notice Required For Site Closings And Mass Reductions In Force

On May 13, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to notify the state, any union, and affected employers of a business site closing or mass reduction in force (RIF).

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Trump Administration Pauses Enforcement Of The MHPAEA Final Rule

The Departments of Labor ("DOL"), Health and Human Services ("HHS"), and Treasury (the "Tri-Agencies") have signaled that changes may be coming to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ("MHPAEA")...

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Anthem Settles Mental Health Class Action Lawsuit

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

NY Budget Bill Deal Limits Damages For First-Time Pay Frequency Claims

United States Employment

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Adapter la gestion de l'emploi en contexte d'imprévisibilité économique

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Can Employers Be Held Liable For AI Discrimination?

United States Employment

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Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer

Employee Relations Law Journal | Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations Comparative Analysis: What Plan Fiduciaries Need To Know

United States Employment

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

Rising Temperatures Bring New Obligations For Maryland Employers

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Cal/OSHA Announces Discussion Drafts For Revised Wildfire Smoke Protection And Heat Illness Prevention Standards

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Department Of Labor's New Guidance On Enforcing Biden Administration's Independent Contractor Rule

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda (Beltway Buzz, May 16, 2025)

Worldwide Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Missouri's Paid Sick Leave And Portions Of The Minimum Wage Increase Repealed

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Chaebols May Wabble But They Don't Fall Down How Samsung Became 23% Of South Korea's GDP

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

All Is Fair In Love And War, But Apparently Not Trade - Closing The Gap On Global Trade Deficits With The U.S. (A Monumental Task For A Variety Of Reasons)

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Why Porn Star GIGI DIOR Can't Register Her Name As A Mark

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

Lessons From The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act Of 1930

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

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Labour and Employment

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Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Update On The Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent With Employers On Reporting Requirements

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension Of Union Dues For Wildcat Strike

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Redundancy/Layoff

Adapter la gestion de l'emploi en contexte d'imprévisibilité économique

Dans un contexte économique imprévisible, les employeurs sont appelés à prendre des décisions complexes en matière de gestion des ressources humaines et à faire preuve d'agilité

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

What Should Companies Do To Prepare If They Anticipate Change And Want To Be Ready In The Event A Reduction-in-force, Or RIF, Is On The Horizon? (Video)

Reductions in force and furloughs are on the rise. Recent layoff numbers are climbing. We're seeing some of the highest monthly totals ever recorded.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Washington Enacts Mini-WARN Act Requiring Notice Before Certain Layoffs And Closures

Washington will soon join the growing list of states that require employers to give 60 days' advance notice to employees, unions, and the state for certain mass layoffs and business closures.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Considering Downsizing? Here Is What Manitoba Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

USERRA: 10 Questions To Help Manage Employees With Military Service

United States Employment

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Nyemaster Goode

Considering Downsizing? Here Is What British Columbia Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Post-Incorporation Checklist: Essential Next Steps

Canada Commercial

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Cox & Palmer

Labour Relations In The World Of Tariffs: The Need For Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

How Might Multi-employer Bargaining Spread Through Resources Sector And Beyond?

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

When "Yes" Doesn't Mean Yes: How Civil Courts Look At Consent In Sexual Assault Cases Differently Than Criminal Courts

Like many, I have been distressed by the news of the world junior hockey sexual assault trial taking place in London, Ontario.

Canada Criminal

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Lerners LLP

Departments Press Pause On Final Mental Health Parity Regulations

Yesterday, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services announced a non-enforcement policy.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

IRS Releases 2026 Inflation-Adjusted Amounts For HSAs, HDHPs, And HRAs

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2025-19 with the 2026 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and excepted-benefit health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs).

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Washington Governor Signs State's 'Mini-WARN Act': Notice Required For Site Closings And Mass Reductions In Force

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Trump Administration Pauses Enforcement Of The MHPAEA Final Rule

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

NY Budget Bill Deal Limits Damages For First-Time Pay Frequency Claims

United States Employment

TC

Thompson Coburn LLP

Adapter la gestion de l'emploi en contexte d'imprévisibilité économique

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Employee Relations Law Journal | Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations Comparative Analysis: What Plan Fiduciaries Need To Know

United States Employment

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

Rising Temperatures Bring New Obligations For Maryland Employers

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

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Employment Litigation/ Tribunals

California Court Turns Up The Heat: PG&E Case Requires Employees Claiming Defamation To Prove Damages Beyond Their Termination

Employees may believe they can premise a defamation case on their employment termination. However, Hearn v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co., 108 Cal. App. 5th 301 (2025), holds otherwise.

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Businesses Get A Break: DOL Won't Enforce 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will no longer apply the 2024 independent contractor final rule when analyzing whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

BC Supreme Court Comments On After-Acquired Cause

In Canada, when an employer terminates an employee without cause, the employee will presumptively be entitled to notice or payment in lieu of notice – which we commonly refer to as severance.

Canada Employment

BC

Boughton Law Corporation

Major Changes To AAA Employment Arbitration Rules: What Employers And Litigants Need To Know

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Don't Forget The Stocks! Wrongful Dismissal Settlements And Employee Entitlements

Canada Employment

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Turnpenny Milne

U.S. Department Of Labor Announces It Will No Longer Enforce 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

Start The Clock—The Case For Including Contractual Limitations Periods In Employment Agreements.

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

EEOC Mid-Year Lawsuit Filing Update For Fiscal Year 2025

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Will You Be Able To Fill That Prescription For Arbitration? It Depends

United States Employment

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Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

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Whistleblowing

Avoiding Prosecution: New DOJ Policies And The Benefits Of Self-Disclosure

The DOJ has revised its Corporate Enforcement Policy to offer more certainty and stronger incentives for companies that voluntarily...

United States Criminal

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Dykema

DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 2): Department Of Justice Updates Its Corporate Criminal Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division launched a three-year Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the "Pilot Program").

United States Criminal

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Foley & Lardner

DOJ Reprioritizes Corporate Enforcement With Key Policy Revisions

In a May 12, 2025 speech that signaled both a recalibration of and recommitment to prosecuting white-collar crime, Matthew R. Galeotti, the newly appointed Head of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division...

United States Commercial

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Crowell & Moring LLP

DOJ Criminal Division Unveils New Guidance On Self-Reporting And Enforcement Priorities For Corporate And White-Collar Crime

United States Criminal

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Justice Department Files Civil Complaint Alleging Health Insurers And Brokers Violated False Claims Act Via Kickbacks And Discrimination Against Disabled Americans

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Federal Government Asks 11th Circuit To Reverse Decision Declaring Qui Tam Provision Of The False Claims Act Unconstitutional

United States Criminal

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Lowenstein Sandler

Illinois Broadens Scope Of Whistleblower Act, Strengthening Protections For Whistleblowers In The State

United States Employment

FL

Foley & Lardner

Higher Ed Litigation Summary: April 29, 2025

United States Consumer

TC

Thompson Coburn LLP

Trump's DEI Executive Orders Impact Small-business Prime Contractors, Subcontractors

United States Commercial

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Latest Videos

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

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Siskinds LLP

April 2025 Employer Regulatory And Legislative Update (Video)

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Marcum

Decoding Appeals, Episode 4: Clerks' Perspectives, Part 2 (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Minute: Permanent Total Disability (Video)

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Ford Richardson

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