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For people who sit at a desk all day, the right to sit down at work may be taken for granted. However, for many jobs that involve frequent standing or moving around, sitting down can be seen as a luxury.

Disparate impact discrimination claims relate to facially neutral policies or actions that cause disproportionate harm to a certain protected class. While federal law prohibits disparate impact discrimination, recent developments create doubt about whether such laws will continue to be enforced.

The Ninth Circuit has ruled that simply sending arbitration agreement emails to employees is insufficient to establish mutual assent under California law. In Rickes v. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the court found that employers must demonstrate affirmative employee engagement—such as clicking through acknowledgments or checking boxes—rather than relying on passive opt-out frameworks and unopened emails to enforce arbitration agreements.

On Nov. 17, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with Ahold U.S.A., Inc...

We knew this question would be asked. On Sept. 7, a petition was filed in this country's highest court, asking it to settle the ongoing debate of whether Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination...

Last week, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-11, addressing a question many employers with large or sprawling worksites have faced: does mandatory walk time to a designated break area turn an unpaid meal period into compensable work time? The short answer is no — so long as the remaining break time is still long enough for employees to eat a regular meal.

Few things are more painful for a company to go through than a union election.

A notice of extension of public comment period was published for EPA’s proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.

For those property owners, prospective property owners and tenants seeking to qualify for federal liability protections under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the EPA recently issued guidance to address the "non-affiliation" element of the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (BFPP) and Contiguous Property Owner (CPO) liability defenses.

Today President Obama announced his intent to nominate Gina McCarthy as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to replace Lisa Jackson, who resigned effective Feb. 14, 2013.

The expansion of the oil and gas industry in the United States led the Inspector General to investigate whether EPA was equipped to regulate and evaluate the air emissions coming from this particular industry.

On Dec. 14, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced that the parties had reached an agreement on the next steps to develop a multilateral climate change treaty.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that changes the definition of "marriage" in Illinois from an act between a man and a woman to one between two people.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule to establish Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) on Oct. 20, 2011.

The FDA Safety and Innovation Act, enacted in July 2012, amended the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act to allow the makers of Humanitarian Use Devices to make a profit in certain circumstances.

The FDA recently issued a draft Guidance titled, "Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products" which addresses FDA’s current thinking on how to assess the safety of using nanomaterials in cosmetic products.

The FDA recently released a draft guidance document titled "Expedited Approval Program for Premarket Approval Medical Devices Intended for Unmet Medical Need for Life-Threatening or Irreversibly Debilitating Diseases or Conditions."

FDA states that the program, dubbed the "Expedited Access PMA" or "EAP," will "help patients have more timely access to premarket approval medical devices.