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

As part of the New York State Budget Bill, Governor Kathy Hochul and members of the Assembly and Senate agreed to amend New York Labor Law §198(1-a) to eliminate liquidated damages for first-time pay frequency claims.

United States Employment

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Can Employers Be Held Liable For AI Discrimination?

Earlier this year, New Jersey's Attorney General and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance concerning Artificial Intelligence ("AI") discrimination in hiring...

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

On September 9, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (HHS, Labor, and the Treasury, collectively, the Departments) issued final rules...

United States Employment

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

Rising Temperatures Bring New Obligations For Maryland Employers

Maryland employers are facing the first summer under a heat-related illness prevention standard issued by Maryland Occupational Safety...

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Missouri's Paid Sick Leave And Portions Of The Minimum Wage Increase Repealed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

Harassment In The Workplace: A Major Challenge For Employers In France

United States Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

Basics Of Lactation Accommodation In The Golden State

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Policy Week In Review – May 16, 2025

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Parity In Peril? Plan Sponsors Breathe Easier As Trump Administration Hits Pause On Enforcement Of Mental Health Parity Final Rule

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

UPDATE – Departments Issue Nonenforcement Policy Statement!

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Bit Of Mental Health Parity Relief For Employers Sponsoring Group Health Plans

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Security For New Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

United States Technology

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

I Attended Liberation Day And All I Got Was These Lousy Tariffs. Is This Liberation? Liberation Day Hangover

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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

Contract of Employment

Ohio Senate Deliberates Ban On Noncompete Agreements For All Employees

Bipartisan legislation was recently introduced in the Ohio Senate that would ban employee noncompete agreements in Ohio.

United States Employment

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Florida Makes A CHOICE To Toughen Noncompete Enforcement

On April 24, 2025, the Florida Legislature approved the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act, which now awaits the Governor's signature.

United States Employment

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Harris Sliwoski

Restrictive Covenants In Private Equity Transactions

Restrictive covenants are unquestionably a significant deal consideration in M&A transactions. In the private equity context, a buyer is focused on restrictive covenants to protect its investment by binding the sellers...

United States Commercial

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Mintz

Coalition For A Democratic Workplace Urges US Attorney General To Unilaterally Override Biden-Era NLRB Decisions

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Texas May Soon Reshape Non-Competes For Healthcare Workers: What Employers Need To Know

United States Employment

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Dykema

Four More Years? Examining The Push For Extended Non-Competes In Florida

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Trump Issues Executive Order Cancelling Most Federal Collective Bargaining Agreements

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

The CHOICE Act: An Unprecedented Shift In The Future Of Noncompete Agreements In Florida

United States Employment

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Jones Walker

Massachusetts Employers: Do Your Job Applications Contain The Mandatory Notice About Lie Detector Use In Employment?

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Can Employers Be Held Liable For AI Discrimination?

Earlier this year, New Jersey's Attorney General and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance concerning Artificial Intelligence ("AI") discrimination in hiring...

United States Employment

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Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer

Harassment In The Workplace: A Major Challenge For Employers In France

During the first quarter of 2025, the French Supreme Court has rendered a number of rulings on harassment in the workplace.

United States Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

Employer Rollercoaster: Determining Work Authorization For Employees On TPS, Humanitarian Parole, Or Authorized For Employment As F-1 Students

The last three months have been a rollercoaster ride for employers trying to determine whether certain employees will retain work authorization.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: NLRB Update—What To Expect In 2025 And Beyond (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Federal Court Nullifies EEOC Guidance On LGBTQ+ Protections

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: The Election Is Over, What's Next? Part II (Podcast)

United States Immigration

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: Bringing People Together During Changing Times (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Trump Administration Moves To Dismantle Disparate Impact Liability In Federal Civil Rights Enforcement

United States Employment

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Honigman

Employers See Wins In Title VII Suits Over DEI Trainings

United States Employment

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Perkins Coie LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

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

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans' top fiscal priorities.

Worldwide Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

A Bit Of Mental Health Parity Relief For Employers Sponsoring Group Health Plans

Even though we have the promise of a non-enforcement policy applying to the 2025 and 2026 deadlines of at least some provisions of the 2024 Final Regulations...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Federal Court Refuses To Dismiss Challenge To Plan Administrator's Use Of Automated Algorithm For Benefit Decisions

A California federal district court has declined a plan administrator's motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit for wrongful denial of benefits and breach of fiduciary duty.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

District Court Holds Pension Fund Misapplied Prior Partial Withdrawal Liability Credit

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

"ToMAYto, ToMAHto": District Court Holds That Differences In State Law Determine Whether Unpaid Annual Pension Contributions Establish "Insolvency" For Chapter 9 Eligibility Purposes

United States Employment

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Giant Eagle Settles ERISA Class Action Suit Alleging Failure To Control 401(k) Plan Costs

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Withdrawal Liability: Third Circuit Paves New Path For Pension Funds To Collect From Affiliated Employers

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Trump Issues Executive Order Cancelling Most Federal Collective Bargaining Agreements

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Seventh Circuit Affirms That Employer's Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be Based On Post-Rehabilitation Plan Contribution Increases

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: NLRB Update—What To Expect In 2025 And Beyond (Podcast)

In this installment of our Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025 podcast series, Tom Davis (shareholder, Nashville) and Tom Stanek (shareholder, Phoenix)—both of whom are chairs of the firm's...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

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

Increased Workplace Protections For Volunteer Emergency Service Providers In Montana

On April 16, 2025, Montana Governor signed into effect HB 128: An Act Protecting Volunteer Emergency Service Providers From Termination by a Public or Private Employer Under Certain Conditions...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Managing Labour Cost: Insights And Lessons For The Resource And Other Sectors For 2025

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Protections For Employees During Security Clearance Investigations

United States Employment

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Tully Rinckey

ALJ Backs Hospital's Right To Delay Returning Strikers To Work

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Early Signs Point To Pullback On Prior Administration's Moves To Curtail Noncompetes Per Se

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Retaliation Claims Over Sephora's Hiring Practices

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

California Employment Law Notes

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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Latest Videos

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Lerch Early Hosts Dr. Alan Gregerman For A Discussion On 'Innovating In An Uncertain World' (Video)

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

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

Navigating The Office: What Does "Cause" Mean? (Video)

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McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman

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