The District of Columbia successfully amended its wage transparency laws, bringing employers a June 30, 2024, compliance date for the new pay and benefit transparency obligations.

Payroll deductions for the state's Family and Medical Leave Insurance program would begin on 1/1/27 and benefits would become available on 1/1/28 under the Maryland Department of Labor's proposal.

The Florida Legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act on April 24.

As temperatures rise and wildfire season intensifies across the Pacific Northwest, Washington State employers must remain alert...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on November 5, 2025, granting employers relief from tax penalties for failing to...

Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed legislation that would have severely restricted the contexts in which Maine employers could use and enforce non-compete agreements.

On June 30, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey gave partial approval to the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which included a new provision that offers...

The Labor Commissioner has published a model Workplace "Know Your Rights" Notice pursuant to Senate Bill 294 (SB 294), also known as the Workplace Know Your Rights Act.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has moved a step closer to a final rule for "Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings."

The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency's interpretation of an ambiguous statute.

San Diego County recently passed its own Fair Chance Ordinance which takes effect on October 10, 2024.

On September 27, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1137, which clarifies that the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the provisions of the Education Code prohibiting discrimination in public education.

USCIS has released its final rule on the modification of the H-1B cap selection process ("Modification Rule") to prioritize petitions with the highest wage levels in the Federal Register.

With just a couple of weeks before election day, the Biden Administration announced on October 21, 2024, that it was issuing proposed rules designed...

In February, a coalition of healthcare organizations sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Letter)...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that removes the long‑standing requirement that R‑1 nonimmigrant religious workers who have exhausted the maximum five‑year...

Starting 12.15.25, all H‑1B visa applicants and their H‑4 dependents must make their social‑media profiles public.

As predicted following its passage and signing into law in early July, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) has resulted in a surge in job applications at Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

On June 2, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot invalidate Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) documents...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated educational materials on national origin discrimination on Nov. 19, 2025...