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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.

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...

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Connecticut Supreme Court Significantly Shifts Workers' Compensation Benefits

Connecticut Supreme Court holds that Workers' Compensation Act does not require conversion of temporary benefits to permanent benefits...

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Littler Mendelson

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.

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Littler Mendelson

New Executive Order Aims To End Disparate Impact Liability For Discrimination

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy."

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Court Permanently Blocks DOL From Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Cutting Out The Middle Man

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Retention Bonus Backlash Revisited: Shareholders Are Delivering Their Verdict

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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

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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

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Mintz

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

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Report From Day 2 Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Report From Day 1 Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Former Safety Director David Keeling Nominated To Lead OSHA

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

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

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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

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

FDA's Removal Of Semaglutide And The Evolving Tirzepatide Decisions: What Compounders Need To Know

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

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

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Green and Spiegel

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.

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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.

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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...

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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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"

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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

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Virginia And Wyoming Latest States To Tighten Restrictions On Noncompete Agreements

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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

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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Crowe & Dunlevy

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

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.

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Littler Mendelson

New Executive Order Aims To End Disparate Impact Liability For Discrimination

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy."

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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

On April 24, 2025, Judges Landya McCafferty and Stephanie Gallagher, sitting in the United States District Courts in New Hampshire and Maryland...

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Ford & Harrison LLP

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

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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

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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

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Mintz

Does Employer Disparate Impact Liability Still Exist? The Latest EO Pushes To Eliminate It

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Trump Administration Seeks To Stop Federal Enforcement Of Disparate Impact Liability

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Holland & Knight

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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...

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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.

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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

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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Groom Law Group

Workplace Civility And Return-to-Office Mandates

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Hall Benefits Law

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

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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

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Baker Botts LLP

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

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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

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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...

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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.

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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...

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Littler Mendelson

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

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Duane Morris LLP

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

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Hall Benefits Law

California Employment Law Notes

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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

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Crowell & Moring LLP

What Counts As Wrongful Termination Under Employment Law?

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Tully Rinckey

Employment Law Update: New Compensation Limits And Statutory Payment Rates

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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

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

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McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman

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

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Honigman

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