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OSHA Proposes Eliminating Medical Evaluation Requirement for Some Respirators

As part of its deregulatory initiative on July 1, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed deleting requirements for medical evaluations before employees are permitted to use certain classes of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Sets Out Next Steps on Its Approach to Non-Financial Misconduct

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On 2 July 2025, the FCA published its long-awaited proposed next steps on addressing non-financial misconduct (NFM) in financial services. In a joint Consultation Paper and Policy Statement (CP25/18), the regulator is...more

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Legal Shifts in 2025 Put Employer Non-Compete Strategies at Risk - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast

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This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists discuss the current status of non-compete agreements across the nation: Non-compete legislation is evolving rapidly at the state level, with new laws taking...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Florida’s CHOICE Act Expected to Expand Employer-Friendly Non-Compete Laws on ‎July 1‎

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Pending expected approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act is expected to go into effect on July 1, 2025. Once in place, the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Washington, DC Pauses Upcoming Increase to the Tipped Minimum Wage

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The District of Columbia passed emergency legislation on June 3, 2025 that paused an increase to the tipped minimum wage from $10 per hour to $12 per hour, which was originally set to take effect on July 1, 2025. At least for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Nominee for OSHA Chief David Keeling Testifies Before Senate Committee, Outlines Workplace Safety Priorities and Workplace...

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On Thursday, June 5, 2025, OSHA Nominee David Keeling testified that he plans to adopt a more cooperative, proactive approach and pursue a new workplace violence regulation....more

Perkins Coie

May Tip of the Month: New York Eases Penalties for First-Time Pay Frequency Violations

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On May 9, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law significant amendments to the New York labor law, providing relief to employers in connection with frequency-of-pay violations. Previously, New York employers who failed...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Major Change in Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Scene Disturbance Law

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In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in April 2025, the Government of Alberta issued a Director Order that significantly altered the legal landscape concerning work site incident scene disturbances. In essence, we have...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing Paid Sick Leave Mandate and Amending Minimum Wage Law: What Employers Need to Know

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In the evening hours of May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate passed House Bill 567 (the Bill) which effectively repeals the requirements of Proposition A. The Senate adopted the House version of the Bill without adding any...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

And Then There Were Nine: Disappearing OHRP To Join Enforcement Agency; NIH Cuts Outlined

When it comes to changes roiling the federally supported research landscape, April offered no letup from the first three months of the year; if anything, the pace and magnitude increased. In one instance, an agency—the HHS...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers (Trump EO Tracker)

Enforces the English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers. The Secretary of Transportation, acting through...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

“Just do it” May Sell Shoes, but Can It Revolutionize Bureaucracy?

There are a variety of accounts on the progress and success of the first days of the Trump Administration. Some put special significance on a new administration’s first 100 days, but is this the first 100 days or four years +...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Trump Administration appeals ruling that blocked CFPB firings

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The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025....more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Biden’s OSHA Pushes Heat Illness Prevention Rule Close to the Finish Line - UPDATED 4/14/25

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On January 14, 2025, just six days before the transition from the Biden Administration to the second Trump Administration, OSHA closed the books on collecting public comments about the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The State of the CFPB During a Fraught Transition Period: Part I

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It has been a little over two months since President Donald Trump returned to office, and since then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been in flux—to put it mildly. As of this writing, it is unclear...more

Littler

Downsizing’s Next Target – NIOSH

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On April 2, 2025, most of the leadership and research scientists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) were terminated from employment. The termination resulted in a reduction of at least...more

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HHS’s Restructuring: What Happens Next?

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Last week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will undergo a major restructuring and plans to eliminate 10,000 employees on top of 10,000 HHS employees who have already departed (20,000...more

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FDA Reduction-In-Force expected to impact drug & biologic review and regulation, other operations

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Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced an impending reduction in force (RIF) of approximately 10,000 positions, including about 3,500 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

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Mass Layoffs Begin At the FDA

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As a further update to our alert from March 27, the Trump Administration began mass layoffs at US health agencies on April 1....more

Polsinelli

HHS Job Cuts: FDA, CDC, NIH and CMS Impacted Amidst Significant Restructurings

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On March 27, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a “dramatic restructuring” that will result in a reduction in agency workforce combined with significant internal restructuring. The...more

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Major Restructuring of the US Department of Health and Human Services

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On March 27, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant restructuring initiative in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s Department of Government...more

NAVEX

Five Questions to Ask About Navigating ‘Deregulatory Compliance’

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For many years, corporate compliance officers have followed a certain natural process. First, regulators adopt a new rule, then you decipher how the arrival of that new rule might require changes to your policies, procedures...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Executive Order Directs Secretary of Education to Facilitate the Department’s Closure

Overview of the Executive Order - On March 20, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities,” directing the Secretary of Education, Linda...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB union submits amends its proposed order for preliminary injunction

On March 19, the union representing CFPB employees filed its notice of amended proposed preliminary injunction order in its suit against the CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the union...more

Payne & Fears

The NLRB Rescinds Certain General Counsel Memoranda

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On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued Memorandum GC 25-05, rescinding certain memoranda issued by the former General Counsel. Former General Counsel Jennifer A....more

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