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Religious Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodation
While the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow in many workplaces, some employees are asking for religious accommodations to avoid using AI tools at work.
California - Cal/OSHA
On March 27, 2026, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board retracted a worker-friendly decision issued earlier in March because it failed to consider the employer’s answer to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) petition for reconsideration due to a clerical
Benefits - General
On April 10, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury unveiled a new final rule implementing the “No Tax on Tips” provision of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), allowing eligible taxpayers in more than seventy occupations to claim “qualified tips” as a
Federal Gov't - General
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California - General
In the first part of this two-part podcast series, Karen Tynan (shareholder, Sacramento) and Robert Rodriguez (shareholder, Sacramento), who are co-chairs of Ogletree’s Workplace Violence Prevention Practice Group, review the first year of Cal/OSHA enforcement of California’s SB 553 workplace violen
OSHA - Violations
As summer 2026 approaches, employers face a period of significant regulatory uncertainty regarding workplace heat illness prevention at the federal level due to two important developments: the imminent expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Heat National Emphasis Pr
Federal Gov't - DOJ
On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to encourage companies to invest in their compliance programs and self-report violations. The Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy provides a pathway for companies to avoid criminal prosecution in ce
Illinois - Wage & Hour
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Illinois that the state’s minimum wage law does not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act’s (PPA) exclusion for “preliminary or postliminary” employee activities could open the door to a wave of new wage-and-hour lawsuits by employees over time spent un
California - Fair Employment And Housing Act
Legislation recently introduced in the California State Assembly would impose new restrictions on when and how employers with five or more employees may inquire about, obtain, and use applicant conviction history, while strengthening procedural protections.
Federal Gov't - General
On April 3, 2026, A federal court in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey against public institutions in seventeen plaintiff states for the duration of the litigatio
Massachusetts - Wage & Hour
In a ruling that provides important early guidance on the reach of the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), a Suffolk Superior Court judge in the Business Litigation Session has held that the PFMLA’s anti-retaliation protections apply only to “employers” and do not extend to indi
FLSA - Taxes
In this installment of our Payroll Brass Tax podcast series, Mike Mahoney (Morristown/New York) and Stephen Kenney (Dallas) explore the payroll and employment tax implications of on-demand pay, also known as earned wage access (EWA), and how real-time payment systems like the Federal Reserve’s FedNo
Connecticut - General
It may already be April, but Connecticut employers still have several “new year” compliance updates to address. As spring approaches, now is a good time to dust off employee handbooks and make sure 2026 changes are fully implemented.
FLSA - Overtime Exemptions
A Columbus, Ohio–area home health services company recently agreed to pay $975,000 to resolve a collective action alleging it misclassified its program managers as exempt from overtime pay. The case may serve as a cautionary reminder for healthcare employers about the risks of classifying frontline
New Jersey - General
Just two months into New Jersey’s 2026 legislative session, state lawmakers are advancing a slate of bills that could have significant implications for employers, including several new employment protections related to pregnancy and lactation, in addition to expanding family and sick leave and broad
Multinational Employers
The Superior Court of Québec recently rendered a decision arising in the heavy vehicle transportation sector that should capture the attention of any employer maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol or drug consumption.
California - Cal/OSHA
Assembly Member Liz Ortega (D–District 20), chair of the California State Assembly’s Committee on Labor and Employment, recently introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 2321 , legislation that would amend the California Labor Code to require local district attorneys to take an earlier and more prominent r
Multinational Employers
April Fools’ jokes are one of the annual joys of being an employer. But where does the fun end—and where does a breach of employment contract obligations, a violation of personal rights, and a breach of compliance rules begin? In this article, we examine the tradition of April Fools’ jokes
Immigration - Visas
On March 31, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the completion of the selection process for the H-1B cap lottery for fiscal year (FY) 2027.