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FMLA - General
What kind of notice must employees provide to their employer when taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act? And how strictly may an employer rely on a doctor’s certification regarding the amount of FMLA leave an employee requires? A recent decision, Jackson v. United States Postal Service
Minnesota - Restrictive Covenants
The Minnesota Legislature’s ban on new noncompetition agreements in 2023 has caused the state’s employers to rely more heavily on other legal means to protect their businesses from unfair competition by departing employees. In particular, the ban has forced Minnesota businesses to focus more on nons
Immigration - General
On August 15, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum requiring officers to consider an applicant’s “good moral character”—that is, the applicant’s positive attributes and not simply the absence of misconduct—when evaluating naturalization applications. “Go
Maine
Legislators in Maine recently passed a bill to limit the types of surveillance and monitoring employers can place on employees. On July 8, 2025, Governor Janet Mills held the bill, meaning it did not become law, but it could be reconsidered during the next legislative session, which begins January 6
Multinational Employers
As U.S. cross-border businesses continue to expand northward, many employers discover—often the hard way—that Canadian employment law looks deceptively familiar but behaves very differently from its counterparts in other jurisdictions.
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
On August 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to lift a stay blocking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from terminating more than $780 million in federal grants that the agency determined had promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
On August 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published in the Federal Register a follow-up solicitation for comments regarding specific questions related to its July 1, 2025, proposal for modifications to the regulations implementing
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation
On August 13, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision addressing an employer’s obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the context of remote work accommodations. The court’s decision presents a cautionary tale for employers with em
Texas
Following this year’s Texas legislative session, two bills are set to go into effect in Texas related to the use of nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements for claims of sexual assault and artificial intelligence (AI).
Immigration - General
On August 19, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced crucial updates to its policy manual, focusing on the “discretionary factors” that would bar applicants from being granted immigration benefits, such as support for or involvement in organizations that are deemed to be “
OSHA - General
On August 20, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) extended the deadline for written comment on twenty of the twenty-six previously published notices of proposed rulemaking from September 2 to November 1, 2025.
FLSA - General
Child labor laws have changed in several states this year with some states tightening restrictions on child labor and other states loosening their rules. California, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, and Virginia are among the states that have altered their laws on employment of minors.
Federal Gov't - General
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Religious Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodation
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is beginning to clarify an employer’s burden in workplace religious accommodation cases after the Supreme Court of the United States’ Groff v. DeJoy decision in 2023. Two post- Groff federal workforce decisions suggest that employers must engag
HR - General
As employers move into the second half of 2025, pay transparency continues to expand across the states. And, perhaps, enforcement is starting to keep pace with legislative activity.
Sex and Gender Discrimination
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) recently banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, becoming the latest institution to take such action following President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14201, titled “ Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports ,” and a wave of stat
HR - USERRA
When President Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., in recent months, some private employers faced unplanned leaves of absence. Here are some considerations for employers to keep in mind when employees take military leave.
Immigration - Visas
The U.S. Department of State’s September 2025 Visa Bulletin maintains the same final action dates and dates for filing that were published in the August 2025 Visa Bulletin . However, the State Department cautioned that it anticipates reaching the fiscal year limits for most employment-based (EB) pre
Maryland
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the U.S. Constitution when it did not follow proper procedures in issuing guidance that deemed certain types of diversity, equity,
Oregon - General
Quick Hits Workplace Accommodations for Agricultural Workers (HB 2541) Governor Kotek signed House Bill (HB) 2541 into law on May 7, 2025. Under HB 2541, certain agricultural workers must now be provided with the same accommodations for the expression of breast milk during work hours that have been