As we have probably all heard by now, Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"), the premier bank for high-growth startups, collapsed last week.

On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor ("DOL") announced its final rule expanding the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA") overtime protections for workers by increasing the salary thresholds...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) on the compensability of short breaks under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

When we talk to our restaurant clients, one of their biggest concerns is the uncertainty regarding the tip credit rules.

On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the discontinuation of the temporary flexibility policy that allowed remote inspection of Form I-9 documents, originally...

On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order lifting the nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Good news for D.C. employers who were worried about the (very) broad D.C. proposed ban on non-competes! On July 12, 2022, the District of Columbia Council passed the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022...

On January 10, 2024, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an amendment to D.C.'s minimum wage law that expands the coverage of the law to include individuals working 2 or more hours a week in D.C.

On August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor ("DOL") published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") which announced DOL's intent to revise the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") exemptions from...

On October 25, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) published additional guidance for employers implementing COVID-19 vaccine requirements with respect to...

We are already working with many of you as you roll out a vaccine mandate policy for your workforce. As soon as the policy goes out, you will likely receive questions about potential accommodations.

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (the PWFA), which will go into effect on June 29, 2023, and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP)...

As we reported in our January 14, 2022 Alert, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the enforcement of the OSHA ETS which required employees of companies with at least 100 employees to be vaccinated...

In 2019, Virginia enacted Va. Code § 40.1-28.01, which prohibits employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to agree to a confidentiality agreement...

On July 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") published a new, optional procedure allowing remote, rather than in-person, physical examination of documents for Form I-9...

In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an employee alleging a violation of Title VII need only show that alleged discriminatory...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently released a new resource document for employers, providing valuable guidance on how to navigate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in relation to job applicants and employees with hearing disabilities.

In a case that reminds us that derogatory content can offend even if it's popular, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Sharp v. S&S Activewear, LLC...

In other words, the severance agreement was unlawful even though the employer never sought to enforce the provisions being challenged before the Board.

On July 9, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order 14036 – announced as part of a broad government effort to promote competition within the American economy.