Welcome to our first issue of SuperVision in 2025. In this edition, we cover the new presidential administration’s anticipated impact on employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board, and workplace safety...more
3/4/2025
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Mobility ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Regulations ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OSHA ,
Pay Transparency ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Workplace Safety
Welcome to our second issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter.
In this edition, we look at the effect of the decline of DEI on the healthcare industry, the fate of Medicaid under the...more
2/11/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Bots ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Grants ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Privacy Laws ,
Raids ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Trump Administration ,
UK
Welcome to our year-end issue of The Site Report! As always, the construction industry is ever-changing and is impacted by extreme weather, new technology, labor issues, material and supply chain restraints, and code changes....more
12/20/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Chevron Deference ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contractors ,
Data Centers ,
DBE Program ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
Mechanics Lien ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OSHA ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Mandates ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Statute of Repose ,
Subcontractors ,
Supply Chain ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women-Owned Businesses ,
Workplace Safety
In November 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it requires employees to attend meetings in which the...more
12/9/2024
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Special Meetings ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
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
Welcome to our 10th issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In this edition, we cover a wide variety of topics of interest for those in the construction industry—from the use of...more
11/1/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Construction Industry ,
Contractors ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Heat Exposure ,
Job Ads ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Scams ,
Subcontractors ,
Technology ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
Welcome to the fall issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. In this edition, we cover the current status of the FTC’s attempts to ban noncompetes, OSHA’s proposed heat standard, how to handle political...more
10/2/2024
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Harassment ,
Health and Safety ,
Heat Exposure ,
Lack of Authority ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
OSHA ,
Political Speech ,
Public Policy ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety
Welcome to the Summer issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. We continue to see substantial activity and legal developments impacting employers. In this edition, we cover Artificial Intelligence,...more
8/1/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Final Rules ,
Government Agencies ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Machine Learning ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage & Hour Division (WHD) ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Investigations
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
With no chance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, we predicted that the Biden administration would seek to achieve pro-labor reforms through the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) rulemaking and...more
10/5/2023
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Final Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions
New Business Reporting Obligations for Employers: Beneficial Ownership Information Under the Corporate Transparency Act -
Effective January 1, 2024, most legal entities incorporated, organized, or registered to do business...more
10/3/2023
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Intentional Torts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
Workplace Safety
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against all employees and would preempt state laws that...more
1/9/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants
There has been a lot of labor activity in the past three months. President Biden announced the two appointees who would join National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran to create a majority of Democrats on the Board....more