Workplace Investigation Protocols: One-on-One with Greg Keating
What's the Tea in L&E? Why You Need Policies for Temps and Other Contractors
Navigating the SEC's Whistleblower Enforcement Wave: A Guide for Financial Institutions — The Consumer Finance Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: SEC Cracks Down on Private Companies for Violating Whistleblower Protections - Employment Law This Week®
California Employment News: The Basics of Mandatory Harassment Prevention Training
Podcast: California Employment News - The Basics of Mandatory Harassment Prevention Training
Trust and Speak-Up Cultures
What's Going on With Whistleblower Lines
What Employers Should Know About the Federal Joint Initiative to Reduce Workplace Retaliation
#WorkforceWednesday: Whistleblower Regulations Increasing, #MeToo Bill Passes, Cyberfraud Risk Mitigation - Employment Law This Week®
FLSA and Wage and Hour Issues for Restaurants
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA ETS Moves to the Sixth Circuit, Federal Agencies Join to Combat Workplace Retaliation, NY Increases Employee Protections - Employment Law This Week®
Andy Dunbar and Nick Morgan on What the SEC Expects from Your Internal Investigation
Doing Business in the European Union | EU Directive, Following Up With The Whistleblower
The New BSA Whistleblower Law: What You Need to Know
Compliance Perspectives: Anti-Retaliation Programs
Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Return to Work Compliance: What You Need to Know About Virginia’s New Emergency Temporary Standard
Employment Law Now IV-70 - Understanding the Latest EEOC Covid-19 Guidance
Employment Law Now: III-49- A Conversation With The Department of Labor in NY
In this episode of What’s the Tea in L&E, Labor & Employment attorney Mike Gardner joins host Leah Stiegler to unpack the topic of workplace retaliation. Retaliation occurs when an employee faces negative consequences because...more
The stated purpose of the “Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act” (Dole Act) is to improve Department of Veterans Affairs programs for home and community-based services for...more
Whistleblower complaints represent a distinct category of MSHA investigations, primarily rooted in employment law rather than safety and health regulations. This distinction often leads to misunderstandings and mishandling by...more
Apple TV’s hit dystopian workplace series Severance follows four employees at a mysterious company who perform critical yet cryptic work during their seemingly mundane 9-5. These employees have agreed to undergo a...more
Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...more
At some point, every employer will need to investigate an employee’s complaint. An investigation is an important tool that employers can use to fix a workplace problem and minimize liability. Or, an investigation can create...more
Companies with California operations affected by the continued devastation of the fires in the Los Angeles area should keep in mind applicable employment laws when responding to this natural disaster....more
Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more
The entertainment industry, often credited for sparking the cultural “#MeToo” movement, is yet again faced with allegations of sexual harassment, this time from “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively. On December 31, 2024,...more
Wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, leveling entire neighborhoods, forcing evacuations for tens of thousands of people, and posing incredible hardship on businesses and their employees...more
On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal law enforced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), went into effect. The PWFA mandates that employers with at least 15 employees, along...more
Singapore’s Workplace Fairness Bill is finally here and, once through Parliament, is expected to take effect in either 2026 or 2027. It is a landmark piece of discrimination legislation at a time of growing momentum for...more
As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
Beginning January 1, 2025, as a result of the passage of AB 2299, the California Labor Commissioner has been tasked with creating model notices to aid employers in complying with the current mandate of Labor Code section...more
Effective January 1, 2025, companies using freelance workers must comply with the Freelance Worker Protection Act (“FWPA”). FWPA was signed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024 as Senate Bill (“SB”) 988. FWPA passed with...more
A wave of new state legislation ready to take effect on January 1, 2025, will reshape employment law across the United States, introducing crucial updates on paid family leave, anti-discrimination protections, workplace...more
Beginning on January 1, 2025, New York employers in the private sector will be required to provide up to 20 hours of paid leave during any 52-week period for employees to attend prenatal appointments or obtain health care...more
The Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") has, in furtherance of its whistleblower program, taken actions recently that have led to lenders updating the confidentiality sections of credit agreements to allow for the...more
The implementation of whistleblowing procedures is not only a response to the European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) 2019/1937, but also an important part of building a culture of transparency and ethics within an...more
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2024) on July 31, 2024. This law increases wage transparency requirements for employers with 25 or...more
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued its new model whistleblower notice entitled “Whistleblowers Are Protected” for employers to use beginning January 1, 2025. It explains who is protected under the law; what...more
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the eighth day of the holidays, my labor and...more
The European Union adopted the Whistleblower Protection Directive in 2019, seeking to establish a uniform complainant protection regime across EU Member States for individuals that report violations of a wide range of EU...more
Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, all private-sector employers in New York must provide eligible employees 20 hours of paid prenatal leave. An amendment to the New York Paid Sick Leave Law (Labor Law Section 196-b) mandates employers...more
The federal contractor watchdog is hammering down on harassment in the construction industry, in a follow-up to a report from civil rights officials last year on industry-wide issues involving allegations of harassment. The...more