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Here are last week's curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators' decisions are having an impact across the US

On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court ruled that meal, rest, or recovery period premium payments must be made at the "regular rate of pay" that is used for overtime, not the employee's base hourly rate.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) governs virtually all pre-employment background checks of applicants done for employers by third parties

The Foster decision raises serious concerns about the continued use of the fluctuating workweek method in Pennsylvania.

It is amazing how fast a legislative body can act when it wants to.

In today's episode, I talk about the L&E developments and trends that employers should be watching as we begin 2026.

New Jersey now requires employers to provide employees with notice of the legal requirements for employer record-keeping relating to wages, benefits, and taxes under state law. Employers must "conspicuously post notification" in a place accessible to all employees.

Last week, Judge Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed an EEOC case against the Port Authority for alleged Equal Pay Act violations related to pay disparities between male and female lawyers working at the Authority.

Historically, employers have been free to discontinue union dues check-off arrangements upon the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement.

On October 13, 2010, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed "The Construction Workplace Misclassification Act." This law establishes a test to determine if a construction industry worker is an independent contractor or an employee for purposes of the workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation laws.

I trust that, of all the social media and employment law issues we discuss, you are most sick of hearing about the legislative efforts to prohibit Facebook password demands by employers.

On January 30, 2009, a Notice was published in the Federal Register that the effective date of the rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to use E-Verify has again been delayed to May 21st, 2009.

Wow. Front page of the New York Times Business Section. This stuff must be important.

Multinational employers who wish to transfer certain types of employees for assignments in Canada can usually take advantage of the provisions related to Intra-Company Transferees.

Two weeks ago, I discussed the California case of PhoneDog v. Kravitz, where an employee, who used a company Twitter account as part of his job duties, left the company and continued to use the same Twitter account and tweet to the same followers.

It's another new year, and like prior years, today's episode identifies the 5 biggest labor and employment questions and issues that employers should be watching in 2025.

In an announcement that is unprecedented in OSHA's 50 year history, it was announced today that the Labor Department plans to issue, in record time...