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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your February To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2025

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the White House acted in the first days of President Trump’s second term. In order to ensure you stay on...more

November 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 12/7/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

January 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2019

Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 4/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

SEC Reporting & Compliance and Corporate Governance Series

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/9/2018

On February 13, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “ SEC Reporting & Compliance and Corporate Governance Series: Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” Executive...more

Your Comprehensive Guide to 2018 Proposed California Legislation

Fisher Phillips on 2/28/2018

February 16 was the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Legislature. By that date, nearly 2,200 bills were introduced. While that may seem like a staggering amount of legislative proposals (especially for a...more

Labor Secretary Discusses DOL Priorities During House Committee Hearing

Littler on 11/16/2017

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta fielded a range of questions on the DOL's priorities during a November 15 hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Although members of the Committee inquired about...more

Legal Update: Trump’s One-offs to Labor Regulations Change the Big Picture

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/8/2017

When Trump was a brand-new President (or force of nature, depending on how you look at it), we observed that the dawn of his administration would not necessarily augur wholesale changes to the overall landscape of legal...more

WPI Insider Briefing: Workplace Policy under the Trump Administration Begins to Take Shape as "Repeal and Replace" of the ACA...

Littler on 7/11/2017

Five months into President Trump's term, his administration's workplace policy is beginning to take shape. From notable developments at the Department of Labor (DOL), to long-awaited nominations to the National Labor...more

Flurry of Activity by Trump Department of Labor, Including Action on the Enjoined FLSA Overtime Exemption Regulations

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/7/2017

On April 27, 2017, the Senate confirmed R. Alexander Acosta as the Secretary of Labor. More than four months after President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Labor finally had a new leader....more

100-Day Recap: Workplace Law Under President Trump, So Far

Fisher Phillips on 5/4/2017

New presidents are often judged based on their accomplishments in their first 100 days in office. President Trump is no exception to that rule. The Trump administration recently passed that milestone date, offering an...more

Labor and Employment Regulations Potentially Affected by Trump Regulatory Freeze

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/22/2017

The Trump administration's "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review" (Freeze Memo) instructs the heads of federal executive departments and agencies to send no regulation to the Office of Federal Register (OFR) until a presidential...more

President Trump’s “One In, Two Out” Executive Order Signals Regulatory and Employment Policy Shift

Burr & Forman on 2/8/2017

Amidst a first-week flurry of executive orders on trade, immigration, and construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at peeling back many Obama-era regulations. On...more

"Trump Expected to Alter Labor Laws, Policies"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/6/2017

Editor’s note: This article was updated on February 1, 2017, to reflect new developments. While President Donald Trump has not discussed in detail how he plans to address labor and employment issues, he likely will...more

A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2017

Behind the pomp and circumstance of Friday’s inauguration, President Donald J. Trump and his administration set their sights on deploying a new guard of regulatory and economic policies focused on reducing burdensome...more

The Trump Card: What’s In Store for the Workplace in 2017 and Beyond?

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/23/2017

On November 3, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Order in Trump Ruffin Commercial, LLC, finding that the Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas unlawfully refused to bargain with UNITE HERE...more

Employment law changes will be coming with the Trump Administration: What should employers expect?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/20/2017

Today is Inauguration Day, and it is safe to assume that significant policy and enforcement changes will be made during the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Those changes will include new judges on the federal courts, new...more

Employment Law Changes in the Trump Administration

Burr & Forman on 12/20/2016

When Donald Trump takes office in January 2017 he will enjoy Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, which should allow him to take quick action on a number of employment law issues. Although there issome...more

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report - December 2016

Littler on 12/5/2016

Littler's WPI Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The December edition of the Insider Report discusses recent efforts to block...more

Top Ten Employment Regulations or Initiatives Employers Want Trump to Dump or Fix

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 11/17/2016

After the Obama administration’s employee friendly policies, employers will have a wish list of changes they believe a Trump administration would favor. Here are ten items that should be at the top and why employers want to...more

What Will Happen When the Smoke Clears? Post-Election HR Strategies for 2017 and Beyond

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/16/2016

The long and contentious presidential campaign is over. So, now what? What does President-elect Trump’s victory mean for employers?...more

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