Employment Law Now IX-159 - 8th Anniversary Special: The Current State of Politics for Employers
Successful Strategies for Employee Transitions
How ERISA Litigators Strengthen Plan Compliance and Risk Management: One-on-One with Jeb Gerth
Improving Your Code of Conduct
The Evolving Landscape of Earned Wage Access Regulation — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Adapting to Changes in a New Presidential Era
#WorkforceWednesday®: Employment Law Changes Under President Trump - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-157 - Top 5 L&E Issues to Watch in 2025
Employment Law Now VIII-158 - DEI Developments and Executive Coaching
Navigating DEI in a Shifting Legal Landscape: Insights From Late Night — Hiring to Firing Podcast
The Demystification of Employee Retention Credits for Private Equity Deals — PE Pathways Podcast
The Burr Broadcast: Affordable Care Act Compliance
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Good News for the ACA in 2025
#WorkforceWednesday®: Trade Secret Litigation - Lessons from High-Stakes Group Exits - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This Week®
Now Is the Time to Conduct I-9 Audits: What's the Tea in L&E?
OK at Work: Navigating Snow Days, Office Closures, and Remote Work Planning
#WorkforceWednesday®: PAGA in California, NLRB Authority, New Employment Laws in 2025 - Employment Law This Week®
Enhancing Workplace Feedback: Lessons From Harry Potter — Hiring to Firing Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 24: Preparing Employers for Immigration Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
#WorkforceWednesday®: Employment Law in 2025: A Look Ahead - Employment Law This Week®
In the past two weeks, the landscape of immigration enforcement in the United States has seen a significant shift. President Donald Trump’s executive orders have greatly impacted both employers and foreign workers across...more
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President Donald Trump has continued his shake-up of NLRB leadership by firing Acting General Counsel (GC) Jessica Rutter and replacing her with William Cowen. Mr. Cowen will serve as Acting GC until President Trump names an...more
In Part Three of the New Laws series from Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK), new legislation for 2025 focusing on emergency response, local government, construction, workplace safety, road safety and accident prevention includes...more
It’s the season for sports betting excitement, with the Super Bowl upon us and March Madness just around the corner. Your employees are likely buzzing with talk of squares, brackets, and maybe even some secret side bets....more
The Trump administration has taken rapid action to implement key policy priorities, affecting both federal agencies and the private sector....more
A new national holiday? If football fans had their way, the day after the Super Bowl would be declared work-free! Millions of football fans across the United States will be tuning into the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9,...more
CHICAGO — Restaurants on Guard Against ICE - Immigrants comprise roughly 40% of Chicago's restaurant workforce. Some restaurant owners have begun educating employees on their rights, providing required paperwork, and...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a directive to its Civil Rights Division, freezing all ongoing or new litigation. The specifics of the freeze are not clear; however, it appears to freeze new claims presented to...more
The second term of President Donald J. Trump started with a flurry of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and directives, some of which were signed on January 20, 2025, shortly after he took the oath of office....more
In recent months, Spain has approved measures to streamline the visa process and better protect LBGTQ employees. It also has proposed raising the minimum wage and shortening the workweek....more
The H-1B nonimmigrant visa allows companies and other employers in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers for up to six years in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of...more
On February 3, 2025, multiple groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump and members of his administration, asking the court to halt and declare unconstitutional two executive orders that are aimed at ending diversity...more
The Illinois Supreme Court held employers violate overtime law by not including non-discretionary bonus payments when calculating employees’ overtime rate. The case is Mercado v. S&C Electric Co., 2025 IL 129526 (Jan. 24,...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, through Executive Order, declared affirmative action and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs unlawful in the federal government and also for those employers who enter into...more
Some economists predict that the impact of President Trump’s proposed 25 percent U.S. tariff on Canadian imports could lead to a 2 percent to 2.6 percent loss of Canadian economic output annually and the loss of up to one...more
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government” (the “EO”). The EO declares that “[i]t is the...more
As part of the Presidential Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity,” federal agencies must advise every potential federal contractor and grant recipient that a material...more
Recent policy shifts enacted by the new Trump Administration have led to growing anxiety and fears of expanded and aggressive enforcement tactics, making it essential for businesses and institutions to understand and prepare...more
As in recent years, the False Claims Act (FCA) continued to serve as a tool utilized by the federal government against government contractors in 2024. The government collected more than $2.9 billion as a result of 558 FCA...more
I. Scope of Executive Order 14173 - Executive Order 14173, issued on January 21, 2025, aims to end illegal discrimination and restore merit-based opportunities by ceasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies,...more
In 2024, the government and whistleblowers were party to 558 settlements and judgments collecting over $2.9 billion. The government continued its effort to combat cybersecurity threats through its Civil Cyber-Fraud...more
In 2024, the government and whistleblowers were party to 558 False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments, just slightly fewer cases than last year’s record. As a result, collections under the FCA exceeded $2.9 billion,...more
On January 16, 2025, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released two pieces of guidance that, if finalized, would dramatically change the landscape for fiduciaries responsible...more
Individual employees helped the government secure another successful year in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation, as both plaintiffs (whistleblowers) and individual defendants. The government collected more than $2.9 billion in...more