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California - Cal/OSHA
On Friday, February 13, 2026, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would vest the agency with discretion to allow additional employee and employer representatives to accompany the inspector during the inspection. A public he
HR - Workplace Violence
Workplace violence continues to be a growing challenge affecting healthcare workers. To support workers and avoid fines and other enforcement actions, employers in the healthcare industry may wish to analyze risk factors and take proactive steps to maintain a workplace free from violence.
Federal Gov't - EEOC
In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham) and Nonnie Shivers (office managing shareholder, Phoenix) discuss the EEOC’s January 2026 vote to reclaim authority over most enforcement litigation from its Office of General Counsel, reversing decades of del
Immigration - Visas
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have published a temporary final rule authorizing 64,716 additional H-2B visas for the remainder of fiscal year 2026.
Religious Discrimination - General
Ramadan is coming up soon, so now is a good time to understand an employer’s religious accommodation obligations and legal protections for Muslim employees. This year—depending on the exact timing of lunar events on which the Islamic calendar is based—Ramadan will start around February 18, 2026, and
Restrictive Covenants
In the first enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the Trump administration stopped defending an FTC rule that would have banned nearly all noncompete agreements in the employment context, the FTC recently reached an agreement containing a 10-year consent order with an emplo
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Federal contractors and grant recipients are operating in a period of unusual transition. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rewrite is advancing through agency deviations while formal rulemaking is set to begin. Meanwhile, agencies are simultaneously rolling out broad diversity, equity, and i
HR - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A company selling artificial intelligence (AI)-powered applicant assessment tools has been hit with a lawsuit that may be the first of its kind to claim that such tools violate the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and its California equivalent, the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies A
Nevada - General
Nevada’s Senate Bill (SB) 260 , which took effect January 1, 2026, mandates comprehensive requirements for employers to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke hazards. With the new law, Nevada joins states such as California , Oregon , and Washington State in implementing measures to protect wo
HR - General
Many companies have been reconsidering their work-from-home policies in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced office closures. While reversing these policies may be straightforward in the United States, the process is far more complex internationally. Understanding international employment la
Florida - General
On January 19, 2026, the federal holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued coordinated opinions declaring that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs violate federal and state constitutional guarantees of
Delaware
On February 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware ruled that restrictive covenants are enforceable if there is sufficient consideration at the time of contract formation, regardless of whether that consideration still exists at the time of enforcement of the covenants. The ruling reviv
New York - General
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to launch a new office to oversee the implementation and enforcement of New York’s artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology laws as part of a series of recent proposals. The moves signal that New York will remain one of the leaders among stat
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation
Requests for remote work accommodations are on the rise, and a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Haggins v. Wilson Air Center, LLC , offers timely guidance to employers navigating such requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
HR - General
On January 30, 2026, the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed summary judgment in Salinas v. Arthur Schuman Midwest, LLC , in favor of staffing agencies accused of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) violations, holding that the agencies did not “collect, capture, or otherwise obtain” biometric
Multinational Employers
The German Federal Labor Court ( Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG)) has addressed the permissibility of wearing religious headscarves at work on multiple occasions. In its decision of January 29, 2026 ( Ref. No. 8 AZR 49/25 ), the Eighth Senate has now extended this jurisprudence to another occupational ca
Race Discrimination
In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham) sits down with Nonnie Shivers (office managing shareholder, Phoenix) to discuss the implications for employers following EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas’s social media video soliciting discrimination charges from whit
HR - Hiring Process
Figuring out that you hired the wrong person is always jarring. But what if the “wrong person” was never who they said they were at all? When an employer discovers that a current employee has misrepresented their identity—whether by applying using a stolen name and Social Security number, misreprese
Multinational Employers
In today’s rapidly evolving global workforce, innovative companies are exploring compensation models that incorporate cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins like USDC, EURC, or emerging euro-pegged options such as Fia, to attract top talent, streamline operations, and stay compet
Federal Gov't - General
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