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Pet Leave On The Horizon? What Employers Should Know (US)

In recent years workplace leave policies and related legal frameworks have expanded to address a broader range of employee needs, including bereavement, pregnancy loss and paid family leave.

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Executive Order Tracker

Littler's Executive Order Tracker is your go-to resource for staying up to date on executive orders issued by the Trump administration. For the First 100 Days, we tracked every order...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Federal Contractors Face Escalating Enforcement With New Executive Order Targeting Racial Discrimination As Employers Navigate Increasingly Complex DEI Landscape

On March 26, 2026, President Trump issued a new Executive Order entitled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” (the “March 2026 EO”) which requires federal contractors...

United States Employment

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Dechert

Johnson v. Amazon.com: Illinois Breaks With Federal Law On Compensability Before And After Employees' Principal Activities At The Workplace

On March 19, 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Johnson v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, that divides Illinois and federal minimum wage and overtime law on how to handle compensation for certain activities before and after an employee performs their normal work duties.

United States Employment

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Cal/OSHA’s Proposed “Walkaround Rule” Welcomes Unions Into Private California Workplaces: Key Takeaways For California Employers

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Policy Week In Review – April 3, 2026

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Deepfakes In The Workplace: The Compliance Risk HR Can’t Ignore

United States Employment

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Lowenstein Sandler

LaborSpeak: Washington’s Non-Compete Law (Video)

United States Employment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Prudence Redefined: A Six-Factor Safe Harbor Framework For Selecting Any Retirement Plan Investment Option

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Home Depot Under Investigation After Announcing 800 Layoffs In Georgia

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

EEOC Investigation Into Employer's DEI Practices Results In $500,000 Settlement

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

The Learned Concierge - April 2026, Vol. 29

United States Healthcare

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Clark Hill

New DEI Executive Order Targets Racial Discrimination By Federal Contractors

United States Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

ERISA Fiduciary Litigation In 2025 Signals Continued Growth Heading Into 2026

United States Employment

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Miller Shah

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

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

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Littler Lounge: Just Cause For A Chat About Corrective Actions (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

U.S. States Outpace Federal And Global Standards On Cosmetic Chemical Restrictions

United States Consumer

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Baker Botts LLP

Lawsuit Dismissed As Moot Based On (Unrebutted) Evidence That Website Is Accessible

Some clients ask why they should work towards making their websites accessible when they will likely be sued anyway...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Gender-Neutral Job Evaluation In The EU: Assessment Of The Utility Of The New EU Toolkit

The Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970, "PTD") requires employers to operate gender‑neutral job evaluation and classification systems...

Worldwide Employment

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Littler Mendelson

No Papers So No Wages? No Way, Says The New Jersey Supreme Court

New Jersey's Wage and Hour Law (WHL) requires that employers pay the minimum wage established by law and an overtime premium for work in excess of 40 hours per week. New Jersey's Wage Payment Law...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

No Joke: Recent Employment Laws And Legislative Proposals

Legal obligations for employers typically concern topics like paid sick leave, antidiscrimination protection, and pay equity...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

EntertainHR: What Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters Teaches Employers About AI

United States Technology

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Ford & Harrison LLP

Illinois Whistleblower Law Just Got StrongerWhat Does This Mean For Employees Who Speak Up

United States Employment

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Patterson Law Firm

April 2026 Visa Bulletin: Developments Across Family‑ And Employment‑Based Categories

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOL Unveils Comprehensive Safe Harbor For Alternative Investments

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

President Trump Issues New DEI-related Obligations For Federal Contractors And Subcontractors

United States Government

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FBT Gibbons

NLRB Attempts To Sever Constitutionally Challenged Member Protections

United States Employment

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Dinsmore & Shohl

Loosening The Reins? NLRB Advice Memo Suggests Less Restrictive Approach Towards Employer Confidentiality Policies

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Artificial Turf Ruling May Make It Safer To Provide Legal Assistance To New Hires

United States Employment

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Seventh Circuit Rules BIPA Liability-Limiting Amendment Applies Retroactively

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

CA Public Utilities Commission Approves Verizon-Frontier Merger Amidst Diversity Concerns

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Loosening The Reins? NLRB Advice Memo Suggests Less Restrictive Approach Towards Employer Confidentiality Policies

A recent NLRB Division of Advice memorandum signals more lenient treatment of employer confidentiality policies moving forward.

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Artificial Turf Ruling May Make It Safer To Provide Legal Assistance To New Hires

A recent decision from a Georgia federal court offers hope that hiring employers may be able to provide financial assistance...

United States Employment

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Seventh Circuit Rules BIPA Liability-Limiting Amendment Applies Retroactively

As noted in our previous alert, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was set to decide whether the 2024 amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

CA Public Utilities Commission Approves Verizon-Frontier Merger Amidst Diversity Concerns

Verizon Wireless recently learned firsthand how to balance the competing demands of federal and state regulators to secure final approval for its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications...

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

New Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors To Agree Not To Engage In Racially Discriminatory DEI Activities

United States Government

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

An Employer's Guide To Navigating Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Priorities, Leave Laws, And Artificial Intelligence In The Workplace

Employers are facing new challenges as federal employment discrimi nation objectives shift, state leave laws continue to develop and intersect with federal leave law...

United States Employment

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Bass, Berry & Sims

DOL Targets Prevailing Wages: Sweeping Increases Proposed For H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 And PERM

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would significantly raise prevailing wage levels under the H‑1B, H‑1B1, E‑3 and Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) programs.

United States Employment

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Holland & Knight

Employment Law Changes For April 2026: Day-one Rights And Statutory Sick Pay

From 6 April 2026, changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025 remove the length of service requirements for paternity leave and unpaid parental leave, and widen entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).

United States Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

“Reverse Discrimination” And DEI: Understanding The New US Landscape

This time of year brings several global observances spotlighting anti-discrimination. It is a timely moment then to assess shifting US enforcement trends on discrimination law.

United States Employment

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Ius Laboris

Washington State's Near Total Noncompete Ban – What Employers Need To Know

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

The National Policy Framework On Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Employers Using AI

United States Employment

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Could New Jersey Soon Offer Height And Weight Protections Under The Law Against Discrimination?

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Axinn Associates At The Antitrust Spring Meeting 2026: Sector-Specific Enforcement Trends

United States Anti-trust

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Talent, Culture And Human Capital Governance

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Washington's New Noncompete Law: Following California's Lead In A National Shift

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

California's Automated Decisionmaking Technology Regulations: Seven Steps For Employers

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Federal Court Enforces EEOC Subpoena To UPenn In Antisemitism Probe

United States Employment

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Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC

How To Identify And Combat Workplace Retaliation

United States Employment

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Patterson Law Firm

Illinois May Soon Recognize Menopause As A Protected Characteristic

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

The Dismantling Of DEI Continues: New Executive Order Targets “Racially Discriminatory DEI Activities” By Federal Contractors

United States Employment

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Washington State Enacts Near-Total Ban On Non-Compete Agreements

United States Employment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOL Proposes Safe Harbor For Alternative Investments In 401(k) Plans

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Preventing Workplace Overdose Deaths — New York and California Plan Narcan (Naloxone) Requirements

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Washington State Bans And Voids Most Noncompetes, Narrows Nonsolicits

United States Commercial

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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Green and Spiegel

Recent Developments In The Enforcement Of ERISA Class Action Waiver And Arbitration Clauses

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JAMS

Global Perspectives On Employment Disputes: Key Lessons From Cross-Border Cases

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JAMS

Support And Advocacy Following The U.S. Election Results

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Green and Spiegel

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

NLRB Rules Dartmouth Basketball Players Employees

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Green and Spiegel

Potentially New Schedule A Shortage Occupation Designations

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Green and Spiegel

USCIS Announces Premium Processing Increases In 2024

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Green and Spiegel

From Clashes To Clarity

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LaborSpeak: Washington’s Non-Compete Law (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What To Do After Being Selected In The H-1B Visa Lottery (Video)

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Akalan Law Firm

The Power Of Gratitude And Resilience With Mintz Partner (Podcast)

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Mintz

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 141: Key Developments In ERISA Class Actions (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

We Are Expanding Operations Into Brazil. What Do We Need To Know About Their Complex Labor Systems? (Video)

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Littler Mendelson

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