7/30/2026 7:00:37 PM What’s new in California employment law: San Francisco’s fair chance ordinance gets a major update By Michele Gehrke Ashley Shafer San Francisco recently amended its Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) to expand protections for applicants and employees with certain...
7/22/2026 5:59:08 PM What’s new in U.S. employment reporting requirements: EEOC proposes eliminating EEO-1 and other demographic reporting requirements By Mark Goldstein Hannah Pool Nicholas Sheets The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on July 21, 2026, that it voted to issue a notice of proposed...
7/16/2026 9:37:08 PM What’s new in New Jersey wage and hour law: Independent contractors and representative actions By Christy Signs Sam Romeo While summer vacations unfolded, New Jersey wage and hour law saw two significant developments. On June 1, 2026, New Jersey regulations...
7/13/2026 10:00:37 PM What’s new in New Jersey worker classification: District of New Jersey “dances around” conflicting worker classification standards under state and federal law By Mark Goldstein John McDonald Alexander Raap On May 29, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a significant opinion in Tomasello v. ICF Technology,...
7/6/2026 6:48:37 PM NLRB retreats on non-competes: What employers need to know By Michele Gehrke Zach Kimmel Ashley Shafer On June 26, 2026, the NLRB's Division of Advice issued an advice memorandum signaling a significant shift in how the Agency will evaluate...
6/23/2026 2:26:37 PM Are you recording workplace injuries correctly? Recent OSHA interpretation on personal use battery devices raises questions about breadth of applicability By Adam Roseman Ben Patton Clirae Bourke When an employee gets hurt, employers must evaluate whether the injury is “work-related” for OSHA recordkeeping purposes. In doing so,...
6/18/2026 6:10:36 PM What's new in: New York’s proposed personnel records access law By Mark Goldstein Alexandra Manfredi Victoria Jaus On May 19, 2026, the New York Legislature passed Bill S.3460, which would require employers to provide employees with access to their...
6/15/2026 9:12:39 PM DOJ shifts stance on disparate impact — What employers need to know By Mark Goldstein Nicholas Sheets Last week, the Department of Justice issued an opinion concluding that the EEOC’s longstanding guidelines on disparate impact liability...
6/5/2026 12:47:19 PM What’s new in paid leave laws: Allegheny County proposes 18-week paid parental leave mandate for employers By Christopher Bouriat Veronica Miclot On May 13, 2026, the Allegheny County Health Department proposed amendments to Article XXIV of its Rules and Regulations that would...
6/5/2026 12:47:02 PM What’s new in California’s response to AI workforce disruption By Michele Gehrke Andrew Workman As AI develops faster than policymakers can respond, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-6-26 (EO) in an effort to close the...
6/5/2026 12:46:45 PM What's new in Virginia: Bans on certain non-competes, restrictions on non-solicitation, and Virginia State Bar study on settlement confidentiality By Betty Graumlich Noah Oberlander Elizabeth Husebo Virginia employers face an immediate change in their ability to protect legitimate business interests—there are two new laws that...
6/5/2026 12:46:21 PM What’s new in: The Supreme Court holds the FAA Section 1 exemption can reach drivers who never leave their state By Mark Goldstein Garrett Parks Samantha Jones On May 28, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court held in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), that a worker who transports goods...
5/28/2026 12:49:37 PM Don’t shvitz it: What employers should know before temperatures rise By Adam Roseman Ben Patton Clirae Bourke Summer has a way of arriving all at once: longer days, vacation schedules, iced coffee orders, and the familiar hum of air conditioners...
5/14/2026 6:45:37 PM What’s new in ABC test rules: New Jersey Department of Labor adopts regulations to “spell out” the ABC’s of worker classification By Alexander Raap Mark Goldstein John McDonald On May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) announced its adoption of regulations designed to “clarify the statutory ABC...
5/1/2026 9:28:37 PM What’s new in the restrictive covenant space: Tennessee joins growing list of states adopting non-compete restrictions By Mark Goldstein Nicholas Sheets The restrictive covenant landscape continues to shift — and the latest development comes from a state that may surprise you. Tennessee, a...
5/1/2026 5:06:07 AM From rulemaking to enforcement: The FTC’s non-compete campaign enters a new phase By Mark Goldstein Michelle Mantine Nicholas Sheets On April 15, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission ordered Rollins, Inc. — one of the largest pest-control companies in the United States...