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A federal district court in Texas has enjoined the DOL's 2024 Salary Rule (which takes effect today, July 1, 2024) for employees of the state of Texas...

In a decision that will likely be seen as a win for employees, a sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled that the question of whether a court or an arbitrator decides if an arbitration agreement...

On September 12, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency which oversees the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) issued an interim final rule updating the agency's model FCRA notice

On April 18, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an updated scheduling letter.

Plans that do not already contain loan and/or hardship provisions can also make loans or hardship distributions without formally amending the plan, provided that the plan is amended to provide for those loans or hardship distributions by the end of its plan year beginning in 2013.

Proposition 1 narrowly passed, and several affected employers subsequently challenged the law, claiming it was preempted by state and federal law.

Administrators or sponsors of employee benefit plans subject to ERISA generally must file information regarding each benefit plan every year.

The EEO-1 Report is an annual filing required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that provides a summary of an employer's workforce demographics.

On September 11, 2024, in Mayfield v. Department of Labor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Department of Labor's (DOL) authority to set minimum salary thresholds...

Actress Robin Wright, who plays the formidable Claire Underwood on House of Cards, is the latest in the entertainment world to speak out on equal pay.

In May 2011, Georgia's Restrictive Covenant Act (OCGA 13-8-50 et seq.) ("RCA") became effective and applied to all agreements executed on or after May 11, 2011.

On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that revises the DOL's interpretation of employee classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) only.

U.S. employers should be aware of the global trend of "right to disconnect" laws and should review their policies on after-hours communications to stay ahead of social and legal changes.

As we previously discussed here, New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act ("CREAMMA") contains several protections for New Jersey employees who use recreational cannabis...

Yesterday (March 25, 2024), the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will begin accepting online submissions on April 1...

On May 8, 2020, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a proclamation that curtails potential liability of businesses and health care providers resulting from COVID-19 transmissions as well as from the impacts...

NYC released guidance on December 15, 2021 regarding its mandatory vaccine requirement for private employers. You can find our previous Alert on the mandate here.

In what Virginia Governor Ralph Northam described as a response to an "absence of federal guidelines," Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to establish and implement emergency workplace safety standards ...