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Lawyering - General
Trying to win cases is hard enough, but one thing to think about is that a case may not end at trial. There may be an appeal. And when there is an appeal, what happened at trial will be critical.
New York - General
Employers with workers in New York State may want to start preparing now for several new rules that will take effect on January 1, 2025. Most of them are likely to impact employers’ bottom lines.
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
On November 15, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), identifying 2,000 establishments of federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors for compliance reviews. The list includes sixty (60) Corporate M
California - Wage & Hour
California voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage for some employees to $18.00 per hour by January 1, 2025, and for all California employees by January 1, 2026. This reportedly is the first rejection of a minimum wage ballot measure in the state’s
New Jersey - General
On November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed statewide pay transparency legislation that will require employers, beginning in June 2025, to disclose compensation and benefits in job postings and notices of promotion opportunities.
OSHA - Mining
Mine safety attorneys sometimes hear from mine operators who are in the midst of a difficult Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) inspection. They share how they plan to push back in one of two ways in the short term.
OSHA - Mining
A lot of training and informal instruction regularly takes place to ensure miners are fully aware of their miners’ rights under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act.
Massachusetts - Wage & Hour
With the close of 2024 comes the 2025 notices, posters, and rate sheets from the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML). In addition, the fiscal year (FY) 2024 DFML annual report is now available with interesting statistics about the overall administration of the Massachusetts P
OSHA - Mining
A frustration mine operators frequently face relates to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) citations alleging insufficient illumination in work areas. Given the subjective nature of MSHA’s illumination standard, mine personnel sometimes feel inspectors make it up as they go. For instance,
OSHA - Mining
Among the highly consequential decisions issued by the Supreme Court of the United States at the end of the most recent term is a long-anticipated one that stands to bring about a seismic shift in administrative law. Of course, when operators speak of “administrative law,” the focus is on the
FLSA - Overtime Exemptions
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest attempt to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemption, finding that the rule exceeded the agency’s statutory authority.
New York - General
The New York Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358B/A8947C) has been signed into law and the effective date of March 3, 2025, is fast approaching. Meanwhile, there have been some discussions of a possible amendment before the law goes into effect. The governor’s office has been working with the legislatur
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.
Labor Law - NLRB
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2024 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor.
Labor Law - Union Organizing
On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision prohibiting the practice of holding mandatory employee meetings to discuss the employer’s views on unionization. The decision follows through on the NLRB general counsel’s attack on so-called “captive audience meetings
New York - General
On November 4, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation to ensure hotel safety that will mandate a comprehensive licensing system for hotels to operate in New York City, implement several consumer safety protections, and require hotels to maintain continuous front-desk coverage, direc
Benefits - General
On November 1, 2024, the 2025 calendar year cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the contribution and compensation limits for tax-qualified retirement plans were released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Notice 2024-80.
New York - General
On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released guidance highlighting the cybersecurity risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and how covered entities regulated by NYDFS can mitigate those risks.
HR - Health Care Industry
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published a final rule on the accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment (MDE) and other accessibility-related practices that promises to have broad impact on the health care industry. Although the rule is limited to state and local government’s healt
HR - Privacy & Surveillance
In today’s digital landscape, many organizations will likely face the unfortunate reality of a breach of employee data. The human resources department is the critical link between safeguarding a company’s reputation and championing employees’ data privacy rights. The first article in this series pro