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FMLA - Regulations
A funny thing happened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers everywhere sent their employees home to work, many of whom will work forever more out of their home or remote worksite, never to see the Company headquarters again. Coming out of the pandemic, some employers have drastically scal
Labor Law - NLRB
The Labor Law Ping-Pong Continues: Federal Appeals Court Allows NLRB Member Wilcox to Return to Work The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox will return to work while she challenges her removal. This latest decision reverses a
HR - General
Policy Week in Review – April 4, 2025 Former Democratic EEOC Officials Issue Statement on Employer DEI Efforts tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 04/04/2025 - 14:29
OSHA - General
Downsizing’s Next Target – NIOSH On April 2, 2025, most of the leadership and research scientists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) were terminated from employment. The termination resulted in a reduction of at least two-thirds of the NIOSH staff, or approximately
New York - General
What Do Employers Need To Know About New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act? What Do Employers Need To Know About New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act? ehubert@littler.com Wed, 04/02/2025 - 17:57
New Mexico
The Heat Is On – New Mexico Proposes Heat Illness Prevention Rule The New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has proposed a Heat Illness and Injury Prevention (HIIP) rule with a contemplated effective date of July 1, 2025. If adopted, the HIIP rule will require New
New York - General
NY Federal Court Issues TRO Against the NY Department of Health As previously reported , in April 2024, New York’s Social Services Law was amended to include a substantial change to the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPA Program), a Medicaid-funded program allowing chronical
Labor Law - NLRB
Federal Court of Appeals Allows President to Remove NLRB Member Wilcox for Now A federal court of appeals has allowed President Trump to remove Gwynne Wilcox, a National Labor Relations Board member, while it considers Wilcox’s case. The court’s decision reverses an earlier district court order that
HR - General
Littler Lightbulb – February 2025 Employment Appellate Roundup This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month. Another First Circuit Decision Granting Summary Judgment for the Employer on Vaccination Religi
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Federal court issued a temporary restraining order regarding two executive order provisions governing DEI programs for certain grant recipients of federal funds. The TRO enjoins the Certification Provision in Executive Order 14173 for DOL grant recipients, and the Termination Provision in Executive
HR - General
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week.
Wyoming
New Wyoming law voids most non-compete agreements. Law includes restrictions on certain training and expense repayment agreements, and includes special rules for physicians.
Virginia
Effective July 1, 2025, hospitals in Virginia will be required to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system pursuant to House Bill 2269 . The system must “document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace violence reported” and the results must be used to “make improvements in pr
FLSA - Hours Worked
Dear Littler , We are a nursing services company with employees in various states, some of whom work remotely. Recently, some employees have been asking to be paid for time spent commuting to client sites or into our offices. Others have asked to be compensated for time spent changing into uniforms,
Puerto Rico
On March 19, 2025, Puerto Rico Governor Hon. Jennifer A. González repealed several sections of Executive Order 2022-014 (“EO-2022-014”) through Executive Order 2025-015 (“EO-2025-015”). EO-2022-014 established the “Pilot Program for the Incorporation of Project Labor Agreements,” which required all
Virginia
On March 24, 2025, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law legislation that amends the threshold compensation level of a “low-wage employee” with whom the Commonwealth restricts employers from entering into agreements not to compete. Virginia currently prohibits employers from entering into, enforci
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Catherine Eschbach1 as the new director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In its announcement, Director Eschbach expressed that she is “honored” to “oversee its transition to its new scope of mission” and is “comm
California - General
Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute examines the current state of employment law legislation in California and the specific laws employers will want to pay attention to now.
HR - General
State legislatures have introduced a host of new employment-related bills during the first quarter of 2025. Trends include immigration enforcement; diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; AI in the workplace; wage theft; protections for tipped employees; reproductive rights; and rights related to
HR - USERRA
On January 2, 2025, then-President Biden signed into law the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (Dole Act), a bipartisan bill that expands healthcare and other benefits for veterans. Among its various pro-veteran measures, the Dole Act introduced not