On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, became the latest federal circuit to rule that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bristol-Meyers Squibb...more
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On Jan. 12, 2024, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a new pay transparency act. The act takes effect on June 30, 2024, and requires D.C. employers to post salary ranges and benefits information for open positions,...more
On Nov. 8, 2022, Washington, D.C., voters overwhelmingly approved "Initiative 82," which, once certified and implemented, will eliminate the tip-credit system in D.C. With this new law, D.C. joins the ranks of seven states...more
On March 3, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. The new law invalidates pre-dispute arbitration agreements and class and collective waivers for sexual...more
On Oct. 1, 2021, the D.C. City Council expanded the local Paid Family Leave law and the D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act (D.C. FMLA). The new laws entitle employees to three times as much paid medical leave and a new...more
As a result of a Washington, D.C., law passed Jan. 13, 2021, certain D.C. employees displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic will gain reinstatement rights as their former positions become available. The law also gives certain...more
On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two additional opinion letters regarding what constitutes “work time” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first opinion letter analyzes...more
On Aug. 13, 2020, the District of Columbia enacted the Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Emergency Amendment Act of 2020. The new law requires D.C. employers to implement social distancing and worker protection...more
On April 27, 2020, the District of Columbia enacted the Leave to Vote Amendment Act of 2020. Once the D.C. government funds the new law, it will grant all D.C. employees paid leave to vote in person and will grant students a...more
On Jan. 12, 2018, the Maryland General Assembly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s 2017 veto of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, which requires employers in the state to permit employees to earn and use sick and safe...more
Courts increasingly scrutinize the “protected activity” prong of a plaintiff’s prima facie retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other, similar anti-discrimination laws. ...more