United States
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
A recent decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mares v. Miami Valley Hospital, is a new entry in the persistent confusion and debate about whether, in the eyes of the law, residents and fellows are employees or students.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
In 2022, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Time to Care Act of 2022 (the "Act"), setting up a paid family and medical leave program for Maryland employees.
Duane Morris LLP
With the calendar flipped to April, federal contractors and other private employers should take note of approaching deadlines and substantive changes that could significantly impact their legal compliance.
Frantz Ward
On April 1, 2024, a new final rule was published which significantly revises OSHA's longstanding regulations regarding an employee's right to choose a representative to accompany...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The release of selections occurred less than a week after the conclusion of the H-1B cap registration period. This year's H-1B lottery selections were conducted over a span of five days...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The U.S. Congress remains out on spring break this week and is scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., the week beginning April 8, 2024. With 2024 funding for the federal government wrapped up...
L&E Global
A Texas federal judge delayed the effective date of the National Labor Relations Board's new joint-employer rule from February 26 to March 11, 2024. U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB...
Klasko
On April 8, 2024, USCIS will publish a temporary final rule that will provide automatic extensions of work authorization for certain employment authorization and document ("EAD") renewal applicants.
Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
According to a recent ConstructionDive.com article, construction job openings soared in January 2024 marking over a 40% increase from the same period in 2023.
Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Non-compete clauses have been a contentious and ever-developing issue in employment generally, including for physicians and other health care providers.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that the men's college basketball players at Dartmouth College were employees of the school, as well as other...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The DOJ issued final regulations under Title II of the ADA requiring state and local government websites and mobile apps to conform to WCAG 2.1 AA in two or three years, with few exceptions.
Littler Mendelson
Alexander MacDonald explains why unions support The FAST Act, which has raised the minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast-food workers in California.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The Washington State Legislature's 2024 legislative session adjourned on March 7, 2024, concluding a busy sixty-day period that saw lawmakers introduce almost 1,200 bills—on education, public safety...
Hall Benefits Law
On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule about the standard for determining joint-employer status under...
Pierson Ferdinand
After taking a few days off and rocking out in Seattle, I'm back to blogging about employment law.
Proskauer Rose LLP
With the sweeping presence of technology today, the boundary between work life and home life has become increasingly blurred.
Thompson Burton
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Labor's ("DOL") final rule ("Final Rule") took effect, which rescinded the 2021 Independent Contractor Rule (the "Prior Rule") under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA").
Michael Best & Friedrich
The proposed federal regulation incorporates both prohibitions on seeking an applicant's compensation history and using voluntarily provided compensation information in making pay decisions.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2023 Annual Performance Report and a new dashboard highlighting resolved cases.