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Benefits - General
Even as high-priority issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), immigration, and Ukraine take center stage in the first months of the new presidential administration, many employers are wondering what the next four years might mean for employee benefits.
Washington State - General
An online retailer was recently hit with the first class action under Washington’s consumer health data privacy law alleging that it used advertising software attached to certain third-party mobile phone apps to unlawfully harvest the locations and online marketing identifiers of tens of millions of
Alabama
On February 13, 2025, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Senate Bill 79 / Act 2025-3 , declaring that there are only two sexes, male and female. Originally introduced on February 4, 2025, the legislation amends Alabama Code § 1-1-1, which defines certain words used throughout the Alabama Code
OSHA - General
U.S. Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) first introduced the “Nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act” or “NOSHA Act” in November 2021, legislation aimed at abolishing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). His justification for filing the bill was that OSHA wa
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
On February 5, 2025, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to codify the recently revoked Executive Order 11246.
Maryland
Enacted in 2022, the Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program covers all employers with Maryland employees and will eventually provide most of those employees with up to twelve weeks of paid family and medical leave, with the possibility of an additional twelve weeks of paid paren
New York - General
In what might have been a Valentine’s Day gift for retail employers across New York, on February 14, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358B/A8947C, Chapter 308). Among other things, the amendment extends the effective date of the act
Labor Law - NLRB
In a significant development for employers that use restrictive covenant agreements, on February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen rescinded prior NLRB GC memoranda , including two restrictive covenant-related memoranda authored by former ge
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
New York City employers will be required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation room accommodation policy under recent amendments to New York City’s lactation accommodations law set to take effect on May 11, 2025.
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.
Immigration - Visas
The Visa Bulletin for March 2025 shows continued forward movement in the priority dates for most EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
Verdicts & Settlements
On January 8, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that an employee’s refusal to sign a confidentiality and nondisparagement acknowledgment form annexed to a settlement agreement resolving discrimination and retaliation claims invalidated the entire agreement.
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
Executive Order (EO) 14173, “ Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity ," creates new obligations that could carry significant risks for any organization doing business with the United States federal government. Federal contractors, subcontractors, and recipients of federa
Sex Discrimination - Title IX
On February 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration rescinded recent guidance that name, image, and likeness (NIL) payments to college athletes implicate the gender equal opportunity requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
OSHA - General
This is the eleventh installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and how both influence workplaces in the United States. By the
Religious Discrimination - General
Ramadan is coming up soon, so now is a good time to consider religious accommodations and legal protections for Muslim employees.
OSHA - General
As temperatures rise, the risk of heat-related illnesses in the workplace becomes a significant concern. To address this, the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) has implemented a new regulation to protect employees from heat illness. Recently, Nevada OSHA released gui
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Recent executive orders on “illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion” and related agency actions impact how all employers approach issues of gender identity in the workplace. After stating in his inaugural address that the United States government’s official policy would be that “there are only two
Immigration - General
As businesses continue to expand their operations across borders—by engaging contractors, hiring employees, or initiating other revenue-generating activities overseas—understanding permanent establishment risks becomes critical. The creation of a permanent establishment (PE)—a tax concept that may t
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
The Trump administration is facing a new legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives after a group of diversity officers, professors, and restaurant worker advocates filed a lawsuit in a federal court