Virginia has two main laws protecting whistleblowers. The oldest, the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Act), Virginia Code §§ 2.2-3009 et seq., previously applied only to federal and state agencies before being...more
8/13/2025
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Internal Reporting ,
Private Sector ,
Public Sector ,
State Labor Laws ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Welcome to our latest issue of SuperVision. In this edition, we cover the latest Supreme Court ruling regarding reverse discrimination, navigating lawful DEI approaches, recent trends in unionizing efforts, and the new...more
8/13/2025
/ Ames v Ohio Department of Youth Services ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
Virginia ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On November 15, 2024, in Texas v. United States Department of Labor, a Texas federal district court struck down a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that would have raised the minimum salary threshold for exempt...more
12/9/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EAP ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Statutory Authority ,
Texas ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of SuperVision. In this edition, we are pleased to bring you the “Top Five” biggest labor and employment issues that will impact employers for the coming year along with...more
12/9/2024
/ Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Final Rules ,
FMLA Abuse ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Special Meetings ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stays ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of religion (as well as race, color, sex, and national origin), and it...more
12/27/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
Attacks on Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Non-Compete Agreements in 2023 -
On several fronts in 2023, we saw federal agencies and entities attacking the scope and enforceability of certain employment agreements,...more
12/21/2023
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Harassment ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
OSHA ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
World’s Largest 3D Printed Building Erected in Florida -
“With a total floor area of more than 10,100 sq ft or about 940 m2, the structure is apparently nearly 50% larger than the previous record-holder in the Middle East,...more
7/5/2023
/ 3-D Technology ,
3D Printing ,
Amazon ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Commercial Buildings ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Energy Projects ,
Engineering ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Managers ,
Performance Reviews ,
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ,
Solar Energy ,
Technology Sector
While employers cannot police all employee conduct outside the workplace, employee interactions outside of work can – and do – impact the work environment. Indeed, under certain circumstances, inappropriate conduct by an...more
6/22/2023
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Harassment ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Considerations for Employing AI in the Workplace -
What is workplace artificial intelligence or AI? In its simplest form, AI in the workplace is the use of technology or software to monitor employees’ work performance,...more
6/21/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Confidential Information ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Evaluations ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Managers ,
New Legislation ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Performance Reviews ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Training ,
Virginia ,
Wage and Hour