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Immigration - General
DHS Ends Automatic Extensions for EAD Renewals The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its release of an interim final rule , published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2025, which ends automatic extensions for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for noncitizens who have time
Benefits - General
Littler Lounge: From PPOs to Perks – Understanding the Employee Benefits Landscape Open enrollment: the time of year when HR professionals load up on caffeine and employees wonder if “PPO” is a new streaming service. In this episode, hosts Claire Deason and Nicole LeFave invite benefits attorney Ann
Multinational Employers
EU Pay Transparency Directive: Early Transposition Trends to Watch The deadline for member states to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive (the “Directive”) remains June 7, 2026, and we are beginning to see the first published drafts of the local implementing legislation. In this article we ex
HR - Independent Contractors
Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Labels Don’t Control the Outcome, Says the Eleventh Circuit In assessing whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, the Eleventh Circuit recently re-confirmed that it “does not care about the label put on the relationship by the parties.” Galar
California - General
California Employers, Heads Up: Senate Bill 513 Just Changed the Rules on Personnel Files Senate Bill (SB) 513, now law, quietly but significantly expands what California employers must track in personnel files and share with employees. What’s New Under SB 513? SB 513 amends Labor Code Section 1198.
California - General
California Expands Paid Family Leave Eligibility to “Designated Persons” Following California’s 2023 expansion of job-protected, unpaid family medical leave and paid sick and safe time and its 2025 expansion of job-protected, unpaid leave for victims of violence to include use for a “designated pers
Multinational Employers
How Is AI impacting Workforce Reductions in Europe? Workforce reductions typically arise from employers’ reducing their costs, harnessing efficiencies, or deploying technologies in new or different ways. AI brings profound improvements to processes as well as many other capabilities, and AI applicat
Multinational Employers
European Pay Transparency Directive: Implementation Challenges, Status, and Risks All EU member states must transpose (or implement) European Directive (EU) 2023/970 on pay transparency (hereafter referred to as the “Directive”) into national legislation by June 2026 at the latest. Many countries al
Massachusetts - Wage & Hour
Massachusetts High Court Holds That Retention Bonuses Fall Outside the Scope of the Wage Act In Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated (October 22, 2025), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that retention bonuses are not “wages” for purposes of the Massachusetts Wage Act. As a result, employees m
Federal Gov't - General
Policy Week in Review – October 24, 2025 Federal Government Shutdown Continues ehubert@littler.com Fri, 10/24/2025 - 17:22
Immigration - Visas
USCIS Issues Updated Guidance on New $100,000 H-1B Fee On October 20, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an alert with updated guidance on the applicability of the new $100,000 H-1B fee implemented under the recent presidential proclamation restricting entry of certai
Multinational Employers
From Hashtag to HR in the EU: Managing Political Opinions in the Workplace The dramatic growth of international conflict and significant political change has created a situation where personal expression and professional environments now often collide. For international employers, this shift present
New York - Unemployment
New York State Drastically Increases the Maximum Weekly Unemployment Insurance Benefit Earlier this month, New York State raised the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit by almost 73%, increasing it from $504 per week to $869 per week. According to the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL),
Lawyering - General
Third Circuit Greenlights FLSA Releases in Rule 23 Opt-Out Settlements On October 16, 2025, in a matter of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Lundeen v. 10 West Ferry Street Operations LLC d/b/a Logan Inn ,1 that the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) opt-in
New York - Wage & Hour
New York City Council Passes Amendments That Would Require Employers to Report Pay Data New York City and New York State have laws in place that require employers to publish salary ranges in job advertisements. On the heels of these laws, New York City employers may soon be required to
California - Labor Law
Policy Week in Review – October 17, 2025 NLRB Challenges California Over New Labor Law tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 10/17/2025 - 13:03
HR - General
Employers’ Role in Culture War Conflicts Escalating culture war conflicts and heightened tensions can spill into the workplace when employee conduct relates to national and global political controversies . tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 10/17/2025 - 10:11
Benefits - Executive Compensation
Littler Lounge: Commission Possible – Decoding Incentive Compensation for Management Ready for a seasonal tradition that’s more thrilling than pumpkin spice?! It’s incentive compensation plan season! Join Nicole LeFave and Claire Deason as they roll up their sleeves and wade into the wild world of b
California - General
Changes Are in Store for California Pay Data Reporting, Pay Transparency, and Pay Equity Requirements Several legislative and regulatory developments in California are poised to make notable changes to the state’s pay data reporting, pay transparency, and pay equity laws. These measures include a ne
Federal Gov't - General
Policy Week in Review – October 10, 2025 The EEOC Regains a Quorum tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 10/10/2025 - 13:36