The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently issued an interim final rule revising the regulations governing whistleblower complaints under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX").

On March 31, 2011, Philadelphia City Council approved a highly controversial "ban the box" ordinance.

After much anticipation, a bill requiring certain businesses in Philadelphia to provide full-time employees with paid sick leave recently became law.

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court expanded the scope of the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in "Lawson v. FMR LLC".

The United States Supreme Court's landmark ruling in United States v. Windsor struck down section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), which defined "marriage" for purposes of federal benefits as a union between a man and a woman. In addition to extending federal recognition to lawful same-sex unions, the Windsor decision also raises a number of important employment and benefits issues for employers in states that recognize lawful same-sex marriages and partnerships.

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) recently published an interim rule prohibiting defense contractors from requiring employees and independent contractors to arbitrate claims.

Today, the City of Philadelphia's Office of Property Assessment is expected to release Tax Year 2014 proposed market values pursuant to the City’s "Actual Value Initiative."

On September 13, 2012, Philadelphia City Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr. introduced Bill No. 120651.

"[T]he United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s trademark decisions rendered during 2010 provide colorful applications of well-founded substantive trademark law principles and illustrate numerous procedural cautionary tales.

A discussion on the new rule which expands the military family leave provisions under the FMLA in a number of important ways.

National Labor Relations Board ("Board") Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon recently issued a report reviewing Board decisions involving employees' use of social media.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently published its formal Notice of Final Permit Issuance in the Federal Register announcing that the Vessel General Permit currently in force, will be replaced by a Phase II VGP Regime.

New Jersey's minimum wage will increase by 25 cents, from $8.60 to $8.85 per hour, effective January 1, 2019.

If you manage benefits for an employer that has more than 200 employees, breathe a modest sigh of relief.

On August 11, 2014, Governor Chris Christie signed into law the Opportunity to Compete Act, New Jersey’s version of "ban the box" legislation

The United States Supreme Court recently issued a much anticipated decision in NLRB v. Noel Canning.

As we reported in August 2013 and January 2014, New York City's Earned Sick Time Act went into effect on April 1, 2014.

UPDATE: On December 29, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order temporarily enjoining the enforcement of AB 51

A district court recently held that the federal Stored Communications Act protects private Facebook wall posts from access by unauthorized users.

The California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 requires online service providers to disclose, through a conspicuously posted privacy policy, certain information to consumers regarding the OSP’s collection of personally identifiable information online.