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Mental Health Awareness Month: Supporting Employee Mental Health While Navigating ADA Compliance

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — a timely reminder for employers to reflect on how mental health intersects with workplace obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

Pay Transparency Laws Are Trending: What's Coming In 2025 Q2 & Q3

Pay transparency is quickly becoming a major focus in the U.S. While there is no comprehensive federal pay transparency law in the U.S., states and municipalities have been implementing a variety of laws...

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

San Francisco Employers, Don't Forget The Annual Reporting Form Due May 2!

Employers subject to San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance or the Health Care Security Ordinance are required to submit the Employer Annual Report Form to the San Francisco Office...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Look Back On The Retroactivity Of New York's Amended Whistleblower Protection Law

In an excellent column in these pages, Nicholas J. Pappas and Elena Mondi discussed recent developments, including statutory amendment in 2021...

United States Employment

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Connecticut Supreme Court Significantly Shifts Workers' Compensation Benefits

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Second Circuit: ADA Can Require Accommodation Even When Employee Could Perform Job Without It

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New Executive Order Aims To End Disparate Impact Liability For Discrimination

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Report From Final Day Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Permanently Blocks DOL From Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Cutting Out The Middle Man

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Retention Bonus Backlash Revisited: Shareholders Are Delivering Their Verdict

United States Employment

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Former DOL Officials Urge Federal Contractors To Continue Lawful Diversity Practices Despite Trump Administration's Efforts To End DEI

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Deep Impact: The Trump Administration's Latest Executive Order Charts A Collision Course For Discriminatory Practices Proof

United States Employment

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Mintz

Virginia Expands Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Need To Know

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOJ Memo Previews Immigration Enforcement Actions

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

DHS Permanently Increases Automatic Extension Period For Employment Authorization Documents (EADs)

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap Lottery Season Opens On March 7 – Now Is The Time To Act

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

The U.S. Customs Broker License Exam: Tips And Perspectives

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Should We Expect More Tariffs In The Future? Understanding Trump's America First Trade Policy

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Contract of Employment

Virginia Expands Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Need To Know

Effective 07.01.25, a new amendment to Virginia's non-compete law expands the definition of "low-wage" employees to include employees classified as non-exempt under the FLSA.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Wyoming Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements Starting July 1, 2025

Wyoming, with the introduction of Wyo. Stat. §1-23-108, banned most non-compete agreements for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2025, but with several meaningful exceptions.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Webinar Recap! Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights From Recent Legal Battles

In our recent webinar, "Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights from Recent Legal Battles," Seyfarth's Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud...

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Requests Stay Of Appeals To Challenges To FTC Non-Compete Rule Citing New Administration

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Launches Joint Task Force To Investigate And Prosecute Non-Compete Agreements, As FTC Chairman Declares The GOP A "Workers' Party"

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wage And Hour Around The Corner: From Zoom To Room: Staying On Solid Legal Grounds With A Remote Staff Or An Office Return

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Virginia And Wyoming Latest States To Tighten Restrictions On Noncompete Agreements

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Freedom To Compete, But At A Cost: Delaware Signals Forfeiture Clauses Could Be A Viable Non-Compete Alternative

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employment Authorization Disarray: What Employers Need To Know For I-9 Compliance

United States Immigration

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Crowe & Dunlevy

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Mental Health Awareness Month: Supporting Employee Mental Health While Navigating ADA Compliance

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — a timely reminder for employers to reflect on how mental health intersects with workplace obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

United States Employment

FL

Foley & Lardner

Pay Transparency Laws Are Trending: What's Coming In 2025 Q2 & Q3

Pay transparency is quickly becoming a major focus in the U.S. While there is no comprehensive federal pay transparency law in the U.S., states and municipalities have been implementing a variety of laws...

United States Employment

FL

Foley & Lardner

Second Circuit: ADA Can Require Accommodation Even When Employee Could Perform Job Without It

Second Circuit finds employers may be required to accommodate an employee's disability even if the employee can perform the job without a reasonable accommodation.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New Executive Order Aims To End Disparate Impact Liability For Discrimination

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Federal Courts Temporarily Block Enforcement Of U.S. Department Of Education "Dear Colleague Letter" Barring "Illegal DEI" In Education And Certification Requirements

United States Consumer

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Ford & Harrison LLP

Report From Final Day Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Navigating HOA Rule Enforceability In Florida: What Homeowners Need To Know (Video)

United States Real Estate

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LS Carlson Law

Former DOL Officials Urge Federal Contractors To Continue Lawful Diversity Practices Despite Trump Administration's Efforts To End DEI

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Deep Impact: The Trump Administration's Latest Executive Order Charts A Collision Course For Discriminatory Practices Proof

United States Employment

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Mintz

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Congress Out, Agenda Delayed (Beltway Buzz, April 25, 2025)

The U.S. Congress is currently in the second week of its spring break recess and will return to Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2025. Upon returning...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Policy Week In Review – April 25, 2025

The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler's Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI's updates on federal, state, and local matters.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Missing Participants – What To Do With Abandoned Accounts

Over the years, plan sponsors and administrators have wrestled with the question of what to do with the accounts of participants who left employment years earlier and cannot now be located. Notwithstanding their best efforts, plans continue to maintain accounts of participants who are either missing or unresponsive to plan correspondence

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Cunningham v. Cornell: Supreme Court Lowers Bar For ERISA 406 Claims

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Workplace Civility And Return-to-Office Mandates

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

The Supreme Court Relieves ERISA Plaintiffs Of A Pleading Requirement: What's Next For ERISA Plan Fiduciaries?

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

SCOTUS Holds ERISA Requires No Additional Pleading Requirements Beyond § 1106 Elements For Prohibited-Transaction Claims, Acknowledging The "Serious Concerns" Of "An Avalanche Of Meritless Litigation" Against Plan Fiduciaries

United States Employment

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Baker Botts LLP

DOL Issues Late-Breaking Guidance On Defined Benefit Pension Plan Annual Funding Notices

United States Employment

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Split Decisions On Standing: Courts Diverge On Pension Risk Transfer Class Actions

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

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

Employers in the resources sector are watchful of legal developments in 2025 that could significantly impact their labour strategies, particularly their ability to engage...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Protections For Employees During Security Clearance Investigations

Security clearance investigations are a regular part of the United States federal government employment process for any job that requires eligibility for access to classified information.

United States Employment

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Tully Rinckey

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

An NLRB administrative law judge recently confirmed that a California hospital system had the right to keep replacement workers on the job...

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

State AG News: Executive Orders, Labor & Employment, Consumer Protection March 20-26, 2025

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

What Counts As Wrongful Termination Under Employment Law?

United States Employment

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Tully Rinckey

Employment Law Update: New Compensation Limits And Statutory Payment Rates

United States Employment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Latest Videos

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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

10 Changes From The Michigan Earned Sick Time Act Amendment (Video)

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Honigman

Compliant Hiring: Current Legal Obligations When Building Your Workforce (Video)

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Bracewell

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