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Federal Gov't - General
The Beltway Buzz ™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
HR - Health Care Industry
Healthcare’s rapid transformation—spanning nanomedicine, targeted cancer therapies, electronic health records, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI)—has ushered in exceptional advances in healthcare, alongside an unprecedented expansion of cyber risk. Threat actors are increasingly dra
Affirmative Action - Veterans
In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, shareholders Scott Kelly (Birmingham) and Chris Near (Columbia) unpack the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’s (OFCCP) updated jurisdictional thresholds for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) and the Vietnam Era Veter
HR - Drugs & Alcohol
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the attorney general to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. This follows the Biden administration’s initial proposal to do so in April 2024.
California - Whistleblowers
On December 15, 2025, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, issued a published decision in Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce, Inc. , reversing a trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in favor of the employer defendant in a whistleblower retaliation an
D.C. - General
On December 5, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld President Donald Trump’s removal of former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and former Merit Systems Protections Board (MSPB) member Cathy Harris, finding that the president has the p
New York - General
On December 12, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that will require hospitals and nursing homes in the state to establish workplace violence prevention programs to protect healthcare workers, patients, residents, and visitors, and will require hospitals to conduct annual wo
California - General
On December 11, 2025, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, issued a partially published decision in Dieves v. Butte Sand Trucking Company involving a truck driver’s claims against his former employers for alleged violations of California labor law. The appellate court affirmed i
D.C. - General
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s recent consolidated decision in Harris v. Bessent and Wilcox v. Trump , holding that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are not insulated by statutory for-cause removal protec
California - Cal/OSHA
On November 4, 2025, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) filed its adopted revisions to regulations on construction safety orders for confined spaces . The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently approved the regulatory text at Title 8 CCR §§
OSHA - General
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued seven letters of interpretation the week of December 8, 2025, as part of the Trump administration’s renewed opinion-letter program. While interpretation letters do not create new obligations, they illuminate h
OSHA - General
In this episode of Dirty Steel-Toe Boots, Phillip Russell (shareholder, Tampa) and Lance Witcher (shareholder, St. Louis), discuss how to empower your workforce through developing, training on, and executing effective OSHA inspection protocols. From definitions of rights and responsibilities, to how
New York - General
In New York, several laws were passed in 2025 that will directly impact how many employers must operate. This article summarizes some of the new state and city laws impacting employers, which address time off for prenatal care and other health and safety needs, new protections for retail and fashion
Multinational Employers
The UK Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October 2024, and it was introduced as part of the UK government’s “Plan to Make Work Pay,” which is designed to modernise UK employment rights. The aim of the bill is to improve job security, raise living standards, and create fair
OSHA - General
On December 3, 2025, the Texas International Produce Association and the Texas Vegetable Association filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
FLSA - Holiday Pay, Gifts, Bonuses
Holiday gifts feel generous—but for payroll they’re often taxable. In this episode of Payroll Brass Tax, Mike Mahoney (shareholder, Morristown/New York) and Stephen Kenney (associate, Dallas) break down when gifts, gift cards, and raffle prizes count as wages, and how the de minimis fringe benefit r
Federal Gov't - General
The Beltway Buzz ™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Ohio
The city of Columbus, Ohio, recently enacted an ordinance that will require most employers to provide reasonable, good-faith estimates of a position’s wages or salary in job postings. The ordinance makes Columbus at least the fourth major municipality in Ohio to require some form of wage or salary d
Title VII - General
On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule removing liability for disparate impact discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This rule applies to recipients of federal funding, including state and local government agencies, nonprofits, schools
FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues
Nineteen states, plus several major localities, will increase their minimum wage rates in the new year. The chart below lists state and certain major locality minimum wage increases for January 2026—and future dates, if already published and available—along with any related changes in the minimum ca