Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Gag Clause Prohibitions
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
Independent Contractor Rule, EEO-1 Reporting, and New York Labor Law Amendment - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 45: New Leadership at Employment-Related Federal Agencies with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOL Leadership, NLRB Quorum, EEOC Enforcement Priorities - Employment Law This Week®
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I
The Implications of President Trump's EO on Gender Ideology: What's the Tea in L&E?
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Agencies Begin Compliance Efforts Under Trump Administration - Employment Law This Week®
Fostering Teamwork: Lessons From the Dynamic Duo of Monsters, Inc. — Hiring to Firing Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday®: Employment Law Changes Under President Trump - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-158 - DEI Developments and Executive Coaching
Now Is the Time to Conduct I-9 Audits: What's the Tea in L&E?
Employment Law Now VIII-157 - Top 5 L&E Issues to Watch in 2025
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
Effective June 30th, Illinois has amended their Equal Pay Act to remove references to the EEO-1 Annual Employer Information Report. References to the EEO-1 report and the EEOC itself have been removed in 4 places. A...more
Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more
Pennsylvania House Bill 799 – which mandates new workplace posting requirements related to veterans’ benefits and services – passed on June 30, 2025, and was signed into law by Governor Shapiro on July 7, 2025. The Bill and...more
Managing a farm workforce can be a heavy lift. Agricultural employers must keep up with farm labor laws and workplace regulations that seem to constantly change, so we created this zero-waste resource for ag professionals and...more
On June 4, 2025, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed LB415, which amends the Nebraska Healthy Workplaces and Families Act (“HWFA”). Initially passed via ballot initiative in November 2024, the HWFA mandates paid sick leave...more
On May 9, 2025, Governor Hochul signed a budget bill into law that includes an amendment (“the Amendment”) to the New York Labor Law (NYLL)....more
On April 8, Maryland enacted House Bill 102, further postponing the implementation of the state’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. This latest delay, recommended by the Maryland Department of Labor, is...more
This week, we’re covering the relaxation of state-level non-compete rules, the recent block of Executive Order 14173’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related certification requirement, and a federal appeals court’s...more
Recent amendments to the Illinois One Day Rest In Seven Act (ODRISA) prohibit employers from retaliating against employees and create an enforcement mechanism. The amendments went into effect March 21, 2025. ODRISA requires...more
Even just a few years ago, the concept of using artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life was a novel, if somewhat intimidating, concept. But from Google’s AI overview to Microsoft’s Copilot, many of us use AI daily to...more
The One Day Rest in Seven Act is an Illinois law providing employees with the right to meal breaks and one full day of rest each work week....more
The Maryland General Assembly passed a final bill on Apr. 7, 2025, postponing the implementation dates for Maryland’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. The governor is expected to approve the bill soon,...more
As previously reported, on March 7, 2025, the Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 1919 (HB 1919), which would have required large employers—those with 100 or more employees—to implement workplace violence prevention...more
Starting June 1, 2025, employers with ten or more employees within the State of New Jersey will be required to include pay ranges in job postings and provide notice of promotional opportunities to current employees....more
As the new Administration has emphasized that federal deregulation is a priority, it is expected that many states will step into the anticipated void left by federal labor agencies such as OSHA. Not surprisingly, New York is...more
One trend we see continuing in 2025 is state and local laws requiring employers to be more transparent in how they pay their employees. These requirements come in two varieties. First, more states and cities are requiring...more
After enacting the Retail Worker Safety Act (the Act) just last year, New York lawmakers passed a bill to amend the Act, which Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed into law...more
On February 21, 2025, the Michigan Legislature passed, and Governor Whitmer subsequently signed into law, an amendment to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The new law significantly modifies administrative and financial...more
The Maryland Department of Labor (MDOL) has proposed a delay in the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program in response to recent federal actions. The paid family and medical leave insurance...more
Under the recent amendment to the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA), retail employers have until June 2, 2025, to implement workplace violence prevention programs. Along with modifying the effective date, the amendment...more
A.B. 1228 is a controversial law in California that went into effect on September 28, 2023, which we initially covered, and does two main things. First, it increased the minimum wage for employees of a “National Fast Food...more
Effective February 21, 2025, all Michigan employers will be required to provide employees with paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). The ESTA replaces the current rules under the Michigan Paid Medical Leave...more
“The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished.” Those are the words of Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) when he introduced H.R. 86 on the floor of the...more
Beginning April 9, 2025, Ohio employers must produce detailed and accurate pay stubs under the new Pay Stub Protection Act (PSPA). Employers must provide employees with a statement, or access to a statement, of the...more
On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the New York State Fashion Workers Act, which imposes new regulatory obligations on fashion companies, advertising agencies, model management companies, and...more