The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a bulletin on climate change and financial risks to the financial institutions and insurance companies it supervises regarding the impact of climate change on those institutions.

Mark Twain is often quoted as saying that "everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."

In January 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a series of new rules affecting the mortgage industry.

The plaintiffs in this case filed a lawsuit in 2021 alleging that the trustee of the company's ESOP and certain individuals breached their fiduciary duties by overpaying for the company's stock.

As widely reported, on June 30th, the United States Supreme Court held in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores that certain methods of contraception under the preventive health services requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as applied to closely held for-profit corporations.

The Department of Treasury announced on July 2 that it will provide transition relief of one additional year for the mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health & Human Services have issued new guidance on the content requirements for health plan summaries of benefits and coverage ("SBCs").

Employers should not rest easy simply because they classify their workers as independent contractors.

The EEOC recently released several data tables showing their activity in fiscal year 2014 (October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014).

The EEOC recently announced that it is suing FedEx Ground Package System for allegedly violating the ADA in their dealings with deaf and hearing-impaired workers nationwide.

Given this reason, employers across the nation should review their policies and benefits coverage as they pertain to employee families in light of the Obergefell opinion.

According to the EEOC, the employee was fully capable of climbing stairs and working on the second floor.

For those of you who think the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) means you have to do whatever a disabled employee wants, I bring good news from of all sources, a jury in California.

Guaranteed confidentiality with regard to employee disputes may be becoming a thing of the past if the current tide of legislation continues. As we blogged about several weeks ago, ...

The focus on employment background checks is not going away. A few weeks ago I wrote about Dollar General's $4 million dollar settlement of a class action lawsuit based on alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about the recent line of NLRB cases examining what constitutes "protected, concerted" activity in the context of employees engaging in profane, insulting, or disrespectful conduct or talk about their jobs or their supervisors.

Lost among much of the other news of recent weeks, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has taken steps that will likely complicate the management of organizations that choose to do business with the federal government

The hospital has justified its policy by saying that it has an interest in clearing employees with open wounds, sutures or staples because of medical procedures.

Not to be outdone, minor league ball players have sued Major League Baseball franchises in multiple states, pursuing a class action under wage and hour and anti-trust laws.

Employers will have to report previous labor law violations to bid for federal government work beginning soon.