25 Apr, 2024 Changes to Minimum Salary for Employees Exempt from Overtime By Taylor English The Department of Labor recently finalized changes to rules regarding the minimum salary that must be paid to employees in order to be...
24 Apr, 2024 Legal Alert: Understanding the FTC’s New Rule on Non-Compete Agreements By Taylor English In a landmark decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted (3-2) to adopt a Final Rule that significantly alters the landscape of...
01 Feb, 2024 New Department of Labor Rule to Impact Independent Contractor Status By Gail Holtzman Effective March 11, 2024, a new final rule of the Department of Labor will be used to determine who is an employee or independent...
05 Dec, 2023 California Releases Draft AI/Privacy Regulations By Mitzi Hill The privacy regulatory board in California has released a draft set of rules designed to allow customers to opt out of certain automated...
07 Nov, 2023 DEI in Auto Racing Faces Legal Challenge By M Yusuf Mohamed An activist group has claimed that NASCAR's diversity programs, including its diversity driver development program, diversity pit crew...
09 Oct, 2023 When Do Employers Have to Offer Employee Health Coverage? Some Employers Pay Either Way By Brandie Barrows With healthcare costs predicted to rise sharply in 2024, some employers who don’t offer employees health coverage may be celebrating too...
15 Aug, 2023 First EEOC Settlement on AI Bias in Hiring Software By Taylor English A company providing software using artificial intelligence ("AI") to hire language tutors will pay $365,000 to job candidates to settle a...
15 Aug, 2023 EEOC Proposes Expansive Regulations for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act By Peter Spanos The EEOC's proposed regulations to implement the protections of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA") are published and open for...
03 Aug, 2023 NLRB Again Reinvents Rules for Employer Policies Under National Labor Relations Act By Peter Spanos The NLRB's standards for whether employer policies restrict employee rights to "protected concerted activity" under Section 7 of the...
31 Jul, 2023 Focus On Skills To Retain Talent By Joe English Perhaps, as some say, we have come through the other side of the "great reshuffling." Alternatively, it may be true that employees are...
30 Jun, 2023 SCOTUS Decision Impacts Employer's Duty to Accommodate Religious Beliefs By Taylor English The Supreme Court held yesterday in a 9-0 unanimous decision that an employer must show that granting an employee's religious...
15 Jun, 2023 Employers Get Ready: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Becomes Effective on June 27, 2023 By Gail Holtzman Employers should be ready by June 27, 2023, to comply with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), signed into law by President Biden...