Immigration enforcement by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently increased. Taking a proactive approach could help employers prepare to face immigration enforcement actions, such as raids or I-9...more
4/24/2025
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Penalties ,
Raids
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14159 ”Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” directing the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to ensure that foreign nationals comply with their...more
4/24/2025
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Executive Orders ,
Filing Requirements ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Penalties ,
Registration Requirement ,
Section 262 ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
On March 17, 2025, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Acting Chair, Andrea Lucas, sent letters to 20 large law firms requesting information concerning each firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) related...more
3/20/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Recent executive orders have caused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to abandon litigation and guidance on LGBTQ+ protections and other areas that were priorities during the Biden administration....more
2/26/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
LGBTQ ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Technology Sector ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded several memoranda issued by the former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. The rescinded memoranda include, GC...more
2/26/2025
/ Compliance ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Severance Agreements
On Oct. 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services –a reverse discrimination case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The question before the Supreme...more
10/25/2024
/ Appellate Courts ,
Certiorari ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Title VII
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on April 23, 2024, a final rule that expands the compensation threshold for exemption eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On July 1, 2024, most salaried workers who...more
5/1/2024
/ Compensation ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB or the “Board”) issued a decision in Mclauren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), holding that severance agreements that contain broad confidentiality and/or...more
On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify Wage and Hour Division regulations to revise its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor...more
12/6/2022
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Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Wage and Hour
In January 2022, the New York City Council amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to require employers advertising in New York City to include a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, and transfer...more
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1162 into law. This law builds upon and expands the existing SB 973, a 2020 law, which requires employers with 100 or more employees to submit...more
10/3/2022
/ California ,
Data Reporting ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Transparency ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour