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PA State Court Approves $13.5M Settlement Against Bayada In Wage Class Action

A judge for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has approved a $13.5 million settlement in a wage claim suit against Bayada Home Health Care.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Employment Law Changes Are Here: Is Your Workplace Ready For 2026?

A new year brings fresh plans, renewed energy, and big goals for growing your business. But January is also when many Ontario employment law changes quietly take effect.

Canada Employment

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Spring Law

California Labor Commissioner Publishes Updated Paid Sick Leave Posting

California employers must promptly update their workplace postings because the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE)...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

ERISA Litigation Update - January 2026

Welcome to Goodwin's ERISA Litigation Update. Litigation involving ERISA-governed benefits plans has exploded in recent years.

United States Employment

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Goodwin Procter LLP

California "Workplace Know Your Rights" Template Notice Now Available

United States Employment

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Increase To The UMA Value Announced For 2026

Mexico Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Incremento al valor de la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA) para el 2026

Mexico Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

NYSDOL Issues Guidance On Healthy Terminals Act Amendments Effective January 1, 2026

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

DOL Issues 6 New Opinion Letters On FLSA And FMLA Compliance

United States Employment

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Holland & Knight

Nouveau congé de maladie de longue durée en Ontario : ce que doivent faire les employeurs dès maintenant

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Cultural Flashpoints Vidcast: Conversations That Matter (Video)

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Gives Employers Clear Answer: FMLA Covers Travel Time For Medical Visits

United States Employment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Mountain Of Work: Newly Constituted Labor Board Faces Immense Backlog Of Cases

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

DOL Clarifies Application Of Minimum Wage And Tips Under The FLSA's Commissioned Employee Overtime Exemption

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 262

United States Healthcare

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

Supreme Court Weighs Extent Of President's Authority To Impose Tariffs During Proclaimed National Emergencies

United States Litigation

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Dykema

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

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Evolving Challenges In Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies And Legal Trends (Podcast)

United States Employment

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JAMS

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

SE

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

SE

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

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

SE

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

Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

New York's Employers Are Caught In The Middle: Contending With Diverging Federal And State Employment Law Agendas

As we anticipated at the beginning of last year, the Trump administration ushered in substantial changes to many aspects of the federal government's administrative agenda...

United States Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Ismael v. Roundtree: Clarifying The Coexistence And Application Of The McDonnell Douglas Pretext Analysis And The Convincing Mosaic Standard

The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision Ismael v. Roundtree, No. 25-10604 (11th Cir. Dec. 5, 2025) reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia's grant of summary judgment...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Bangladesh, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Bangladesh Employment

The Legal Circle

Deepfakes In The Workplace: The Emerging Legal Risks Of AI-Driven Harassment

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Trump's AI EO: Reducing Regulatory Fragmentation Not Employer Responsibility

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Labor & Employment Law Roundup: 2025 In Review And 2026 Outlook, Part 1 Of 2

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Illinois Employment Law Update For 2026

United States Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

The ADA Accommodation Gap: Why Employers Struggle And How A Better Process Can Help

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

Attention Lenders: New Jersey Issues Disparate Impact Regulations

United States Employment

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Mayer Brown

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Redundancy/Layoff

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Bangladesh, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Bangladesh Employment

The Legal Circle

The Rapid Expansion Of Mini-WARN Acts: New Legislation Proposes Federal Alignment

The year 2025 marked significant growth in the adoption of "mini-WARN" acts — state statutes that expand upon the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN act).

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Elon Musk's Trillion-Dollar Demands Likely To Impact Worker Earnings Morale Negatively

Over 75% of Tesla shareholders recently approved Elon Musk's latest pay package, potentially worth $1 trillion. If Tesla achieves certain milestones under his tutelage over the next decade...

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Understanding The Latest Legislative Changes In Ontario's Working For Workers Seven Act

Canada Employment

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Pallett Valo LLP

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Canada Employment

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Cassels

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Tariffs Likely To Impact Economy

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Department Of Justice Sues Minneapolis Public Schools For Discrimination Under Title VII Alleging Preferential Treatment For Teachers Of Color

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Changements à venir à la législation sur l'emploi pour les employeurs ontariens et fédéraux

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

New Year, New Rules: Navigating Ontario's Working For Workers Seven Act

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Bangladesh, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Bangladesh Employment

The Legal Circle

Alternative Investments: Approach With Caution, For Now...

Few topics in the ERISA realm have received more press over the last few months than alternative investments in retirement plans. With the change in the Trump Administration, a change in tone from regulators...

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Guide To Workplace Investigations In Bermuda (International Employment Lawyer)

In Bermuda, the primary employment legislation of relevance to a workplace investigation is the Employment Act 2000 (EA 2000).

Bermuda Employment

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Carey Olsen

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Oregon Court Of Appeals Reinforces Legal Standard For Wrongful Discharge Claims

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Lessons From The Lischuk Wrongful Dismissal Case: Q&A With Phil Prowse (Video)

Canada Employment

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Prowse Barrette

Uniform Controversies: Restricting Politically Charged Messages In The Workplace

United States Employment

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

"Employer Of Record?" The Labour Court's Decision Regarding Territorial Jurisdiction

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Finding The Line In The Sand For Collective Agreement Cause

Canada Litigation

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Aird & Berlis LLP

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Whistleblowing

Highlights From The 2025 AICPA Conference – Current SEC And PCAOB Developments

The three-day conference in Washington, DC, in December 2025 brought together AICPA, SEC, FASB, and PCAOB leaders alongside market practitioners to discuss priorities...

United States Accounting

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Alvarez & Marsal

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Bangladesh, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Bangladesh Employment

The Legal Circle

Whistleblowers Welcomed: DOJ's Corporate Whistleblower Award Program Adds New Categories

DOJ expanded its focus on corporate fraud in 2025, adding new areas to investigate under the Corporate Whistleblower Award (CWA) Pilot Program.

United States Employment

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The Employment Law Group

Whistleblowers Welcomed: DOJ Issues Updated Guidance For New Whistleblower Award Program

United States Employment

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The Employment Law Group

Fraud Against Autistic Individuals, Their Loved Ones, And Beyond

United States Criminal

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Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

Guide To Workplace Investigations In Bermuda (International Employment Lawyer)

Bermuda Employment

CO

Carey Olsen

SEC Whistleblower Tip Leads To Charges In $770M Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retail Investors

United States Commercial

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Miller Shah

Whistleblowing And The Media: Court Finds Blowing The Whistle To The Media Is Not Protected Conduct

United States Employment

AP

Arnold & Porter

Waar Kunnen Klokkenluiders Terecht Met Meldingen?

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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Latest Videos

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Cultural Flashpoints Vidcast: Conversations That Matter (Video)

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

LaborSpeak: NYC Council Expands Sick Leave: What Employers Need To Know (Video)

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Lessons From The Lischuk Wrongful Dismissal Case: Q&A With Phil Prowse (Video)

PB

Prowse Barrette

Common Mistakes In OH&S (Video)

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Littler Lounge: Festive Compliance – Unwrapping Holiday Parties, Bonuses, And Workplace Cheer (Podcast)

LM

Littler Mendelson

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