On October 1, 2025, California's Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 303, which states that an employee's assessment, testing, admission, or acknowledgment...

Recently, California's Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 590, which expands eligibility for benefits under the state paid family leave program...

The State of Texas asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week to reconsider its case challenging the validity of the entire Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

The Third Circuit recently expanded the ability of multiemployer pension plans to collect withdrawal liability from affiliated employers...

It is being reported that Ashley Romanias has assumed leadership of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), as Catherine Eschbach steps into a new role...

OFCCP's website reflects Michael Schloss has been appointed to the Deputy Director for Policy Role within the Agency. Michele Hodge, former Acting Director is listed as Deputy Director while the Director role remains vacant.

Though delayed, OFCCP has released the updated the annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark. The benchmark is set at 5.1% effective July 30, 2025.

E-Verify is an internet-based system through which employers electronically confirm the employment eligibility of their employees.

The Department of State (DOS) revised the J-1 Skills List, which lists home countries to which foreign nationals are subject to a two-year foreign home residency requirement.

The Department of Labor's (DOL's) Proposed Rule to add new occupations to the Schedule A list is "dead," at least for now. Stakeholders see this as a disappointment and a missed opportunity.

On Nov. 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi blocked enforcement of the Department of Labor (DOL) rule granting organizing protections to farmworkers on temporary H-2A...

In October, DHS announced that Lebanese nationals would be eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On Nov. 27, 2024, that became official.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan has been extended again until May 2, 2022.

USCIS has updated the Aug. 1, 2023, edition of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, solely to extend the expiration date from July 31, 2026, to May 31, 2027.

As previously reported, in December 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) was ordered to release the EEO-1 reports...

On May 4, 2026, the New Jersey Appellate Division, in a published opinion, prohibited successive motions for reconsideration of a final order. In the case, Doglio v. Boasso Am. Corp., the trial court granted...

With the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on the verge of taking effect on July 1, 2024, the State's Attorney General, Ken Paxton, recently launched an initiative...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a revised Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing for construction contractors on Oct. 2, 2024, that will require contractors to provide significantly more detailed data and documents with the initial audit submission than ever before.

Humanitarian parole programs for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been cancelled by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) on Securing Our Borders.

President Trump recently fired the three democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB).