ArticleGov. Cuomo To Announce Minimum Wage Hike For State University WorkersThe announcement is planned for later today, and is estimated to affect some 28,000 state employees.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleGuns In The Workplace: The ‘Parking Lot Exception' And MoreState laws addressing the right to carry firearms have been evolving and some states, including Texas, have expanded the rights of individuals to carry guns in public places. United StatesEmployment and HROgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
ArticleHELP Committee TO Consider New NLRB Nominee Next WeekIn an effort to expedite confirmation of Lauren McFerran to serve as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has scheduled a full committee hearing for next Thursday, November 20 to discuss her candidacy. United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleHELP Committee TO Consider New NLRB Nominee Next WeekIn an effort to expedite confirmation of Lauren McFerran to serve as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has scheduled a full committee hearing for next Thursday, November 20 to discuss her candidacy. United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleHouse Passes Bill Governing Oversight Of Federal Contractor Wage Claim AdjustmentsSoon after returning from its summer recess, the House of Representatives approved a bill that seeks to transfer administrative authority over federal contractor wage claims adjustments from the Government Accountability Office to the Department of Labor.United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
VideoHow To Balance Diverse Views In The Office (Video)In this week's episode of OK at Work, attorneys Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger from Offit Kurman discuss the challenges surrounding workplace communications on controversial topics.United StatesEmployment and HROffit Kurman
VideoHow To Handle Employee Misconduct When It Impacts Your Business (Video)Join Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger, attorneys at Offit Kurman, in this week's episode of OK at Work, as they discuss the challenges employers...United StatesEmployment and HROffit Kurman
ArticleHow To Help Employees Thrive Wherever They WorkTraditional work environments have given way to hybrid, remote or in-person only arrangements. United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleHow To SurviveTthe ICE Age With I-9 ComplianceUnder the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly increased its worksite enforcement actions against employers during 2018. United StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP
ArticleIllinois Federal Court Decertifies Automatic Meal-Break Deduction Class ActionCourts are continuing to reject class and collective actions asserting claims against hospitals for automatic meal-break deductions. United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleIllinois Takes First Step To Combat Bias In Hiring Decisions With Artificial Intelligence Video Interview ActAs the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions grows, regulations on the practice will increase as well. United StatesEmployment and HRReed Smith
ArticleImportant Reminder: NLRB Notice Posting Requirement PostponedAs previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on August 30, 2011, that would require almost all employers to post an NLRB Notice of Employee Rights at all work places. United StatesEmployment and HRMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleIncreased Remedies For Child Labor Law ViolationsThe statute of limitations for claims that arise from violations of employment laws is tolled (suspended) until a minor is 18 years of age.United StatesEmployment and HRBakerHostetler
ArticleInside: The Hot New Wage & Hour Issue: Unpaid InternshipsFor centuries, the young worker learned the skills of his or her trade by apprenticing with a master craftsman, often as little more than an unpaid, indentured servant. United StatesEmployment and HRFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleIRS Extends Transition Relief For State Paid Family And Medical Leave Programs Through 2026On December 19, 2025, the IRS released Notice 2026-06, extending by one additional year the transition period established in Revenue Ruling 2025-4 for certain employment tax and reporting obligations related to state...United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleJanuary Tip Of The Month: New York's "Trapped At Work Act" Addresses Repayment AgreementsOn December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the "Trapped at Work Act," which prohibits employers from requiring employees to sign "employment promissory notes" as...United StatesEmployment and HRPerkins Coie LLP
ArticleJuly Tip Of The Month: Supreme Court DEI Decisions Raise Questions For EmployersOn June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina that theUnited StatesEmployment and HRPerkins Coie LLP
ArticleKentucky Pregnant Workers Act Requires Accommodations Beyond Those Included In Federal LawThe Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act, which became law in June 2019, amended the Kentucky Civil Rights Act by requiring companies with operations in the state to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancyUnited StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP
ArticleLabor And Employment Lawnotes Publishes Cook And High On The Use Of ContractionsWilliam Cook (Partner -Detroit) and Matthew High (Associate-Detroit) co-authored "Contractions Aren't So Bad" for the fall 2022 edition of the State Bar of Michigan's...United StatesEmployment and HRWilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
VideoLaborSpeak: Update On The State Of Non-compete Restrictions (Video)Last August, a federal district court set aside the Federal Trade Commission's rule banning non-competes. The FTC recently halted its appeals of that ruling and a similar decision...United StatesEmployment and HRAkin