Each year companies across the United States await the EEOC portal opening date so that they can manage and plan their resources to meet the deadline to file their EEO-1 form—a report required by the Equal Employment Opportunity…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that dealt a blow to benefit plan fiduciaries nationwide. The Court unanimously held in Cunningham v. Cornell University that a plaintiff asserting that a plan and…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing that federal agencies cease using the disparate impact theory of liability under federal civil rights laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
EU countries must implement the regulations of the EU Pay Transparency Directive into local laws by June 7, 2026. The Directive introduces new obligations for employers and rights for workers. This includes workers’ right to…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Littler's Rescinded Order Tracker provides easy access to those executive orders issued by previous administrations that are rescinded by the Trump administration. Only those orders that impact compliance with labor and…
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/ Government Contracting, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Washington State has an existing fair chance law (discussed here) but the statute, as amended by HB 1747, will impose additional obligations on employers that consider criminal records when vetting job applicants or employees…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An NLRB administrative law judge recently confirmed that a California hospital system had the right to keep replacement workers on the job for the duration of its contractual commitment to a staffing agency even though striking…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On Monday, April 28, 2025, Canadians will go to the polls to elect their next federal government.
Voting hours vary, based on jurisdiction, as follows..…
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/ Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Last month Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 3180 into law prohibiting retaliation under the One Day Rest in Seven Act. The Act requires every employer, with certain exceptions, to provide employees with at least 24 consecutive…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
At a Glance -
A new coalition agreement between Germany's Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party contains several labor and employment law proposals. Provisions in the agreement address skilled worker…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In the wake of Trump administration executive orders and regulatory actions, Democratic-led states across the nation have taken bold steps to counteract policies they view as regressive. There are 17 states that are led by both…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Health, Immigration Law
On April 10, 2025, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved further revisions to the Commission on Human Rights’ regulations implementing the county’s paid leave ordinance. Many private employers will welcome these…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
As part of a suite of reforms intended to prevent sexual harassment and gender-based harassment, the Australian Government has released a detailed code of practice under work health and safety legislation. The government’s…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On April 14, 2025, a federal judge in in the District Court of Massachusetts halted the order issued by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that revoked the humanitarian parole legal status and work…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
