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Written by Wendy McGuire Coats, Todd Scherwin and Karl Lindegren, the article, "Encino: Deference challenged & ‘fair' is back,"

Overturning 40 years of precedent, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee's failure to file an EEOC charge does not necessarily bar consideration of a private discrimination lawsuit.

Transgender workplace rights are a hot topic; while legislative bodies and courts continue to parse through these issues

On January 13, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that Florida joined the ranks of states that have entered into formal agreements with the DOL to share information about worker misclassification.

Just a reminder - the Florida minimum wage is going up again.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and child labor standards affecting workers in the private sector and in federal, state and local governments.

With their numbers on a continued decline, private sector American unions are on the search for new members.

With much of the focus on the federal healthcare law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and other federal initiatives (or the lack thereof due to political constraints in Congress), it is often all too easy for employers operating in multiple states to overlook the need to familiarize themselves with the many state laws to which they are subject.

Many viewed last November's presidential election as a pivotal moment for employers.

As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants' motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers...

Although the Broker Protocol has alleviated some concerns, many firms still find themselves wrestling with the vagaries of restrictive covenants when dealing with their employees.

The FTC's ban on noncompete agreements has been struck down for all employers nationwide just two weeks before it was to take effect.

After the state of Georgia passed S.B. 185, a law that removed funding for gender-affirming healthcare in prisons...

The Department of Labor has submitted the final overtime rule to OMB for review. Typically, OMB review takes 30 to 60 days.

On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill which, if signed into law, would have imposed a ban on non-compete agreements throughout the state...

It appears Illinois is not waiting to see what is ultimately going to happen with the FTC's non-compete ban and is taking matters into its own hands for certain industries.

As the February 21, 2025 deadline looms for changes to Michigan's minimum wage and earned sick time laws, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has suggested an extension as Senate Democrats and House Republicans...

Todd Scherwin and Andrew Hoag's article "GrubHub Driver Found to Be Independent Contractor, Not Employee" was featured on the SHRM website.