Executive Summary: Minneapolis public school teachers of color will have additional job protections this upcoming school year under a new contract allowing them to keep their...

On March 10, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the reinstatement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by a medical cannabis cardholder against his former employer...

Just months after New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 25 establishing a task force to combat employee misclassification, the NJ Department of LWD entered into a cooperation agreement...

New Jersey extends workplace protections to breastfeeding mothers, requiring employers of all sizes to provide employees with time and space to express breastmilk.

Executive Summary: The New Jersey Legislature appears poised to pass S67, the Portable Benefits Act for Independent Contractors, in the upcoming lame-duck session.

While S.B. 652 is a step in the right direction in protecting a franchisor from broad liability for its franchisee's labor law violations, the new Texas law is not without its limitations.

Executive Summary: As part of the new anti-sexual harassment laws passed in response to the #MeToo movement this past spring, New York City now requires employers to post a notice ...

The New York City Council has passed a law that will require businesses to provide either paid or unpaid sick leave beginning April 1, 2014.

On December 4, 2018, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) adopted rules mandating a minimum wage for app-hailed drivers.

The New York State Senate passed the "No Severance Ultimatums Act" ("the Act"), which, if enacted, "prevents employers from giving coercive ultimatums to employees or former employees...

The National Mediation Board (NMB) has published a revision to its previously issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) clarifying that it will authorize a run-off election only in elections where three or more options receive a valid vote.

The National Labor Relations Board is now poised to implement its new "ambush election" procedures on April 14, 2015 after President Obama vetoed a Congressional resolution yesterday.

Georgia courts have historically struck down noncompete agreements using "in any capacity" language as overbroad, but recent Court of Appeals decisions have produced conflicting rulings on their enforceability under the Georgia...

In a decision handed down June 24, 2013, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, found a restrictive covenant unenforceable due to lack of adequate consideration.

The New York Legislature passed a bill to eliminate the requirement that New York employers must distribute annual wage notices to all employees.

The OFCCP's final rule implementing President Obama's Executive Order (EO 13672) prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity takes effect April 8, 2015.

The OFCCP recently published two notices announcing the rescission of certain agency directives that either contain outdated information or address issues that are addressed in other agency materials.

You may be wondering why I selected to write about a movie that is not yet in the theaters. Truthfully, I do not need to see the movie to write about its relevance to HR issues.

A federal judge on November 28 refused to block implementation of the anti-retaliation provisions of OSHA's recordkeeping and reporting rule scheduled to take effect December 1, 2016.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccination or testing rule that previously applied to large employers.