On July 1, 2025, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill No. 96 into law. Although that law generally relates to setting Ohio’s operating budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, it also includes a “mini-WARN” provision which will require covered employers to provide notice to certain employees affected by plant closings and mass layoffs in...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
The Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in Bivens v. Zep, Inc. set forth a significant departure from circuit precedent regarding employer liability for third-party harassment and signaled a potential opening for other courts to challenge the authority of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) guidance in this area. On August 8, 2025, the Sixth Circuit...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
Since its enactment in 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and its 2024 implementing regulations have drawn a firestorm of criticism from religious and faith-based employers over its employment-related protections for employees seeking or obtaining an abortion. If the recent spate of decisions from within the Fifth Circuit is any indication, the legal tempest...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
In Hohenshelt v. Superior Court, No. S284498, the Supreme Court of California addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.98, a provision within the California Arbitration Act that governs the payment of fees in employment and consumer arbitrations. In 2019, the California Legislature enacted section 1281.98, which seemed...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
A New York federal court recently ruled in Cecilia Prichard v. Long Island University that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) must| Employment Law Worldview
The first half of 2025 is off and running with U.S. state and local jurisdiction employment law developments concerning topics such as paid sick leave, family leave, restrictive covenants, anti‑discrimination and AI, pay stub requirements, gender identity protections, and meal and rest breaks, to name a few. As always, minimum wages continue to increase in...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
On July 29, 2025, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi issued new guidance that significantly changes how the government interprets federal| Employment Law Worldview
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently expanded opportunities for employers to self-audit and correct violations of various wage/hour and leave laws it administers. These self-audit programs are intended to assist employers in complying with the law while advancing worker protections. Some of these programs – some of which are new and others expansions...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
In a previous blog, we announced our new federal government’s ambitious plans regarding the labour market, employment law and pensions. Just before heading off on a sunny break, the government has now come to an agreement on a first set of measures, which journalists – clearly also in desperate need of a break – have...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
On July 4, 2025 President Trump signed into law The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, whichcontains key employee benefit changes relating to fringe benefits,| Employment Law Worldview
New York’s recently approved 2024 – 2025 budget brings two major changes to the landscape of leave and accommodation laws that New York employers need to| Employment Law Worldview
As readers of this blog know, on January 1, 2025, New York became the first state in the country to require a separate bank of paid leave specifically for| Employment Law Worldview
An act partially implementing the Pay Transparency Directive has been published and will enter into force in Poland on 24 December this year.| Employment Law Worldview
Over the course of one week in mid-December, the Democrat-appointed majority members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board)| Employment Law Worldview
Under the administrative scheme established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)– the federal law that governs the relationship between employers,| Employment Law Worldview
The National Labor Relations Board’s top enforcement official has issued important guidance, which should make it easier for parties to settle unfair| Employment Law Worldview
During our recent webinar on Grievances in the Workplace, we received some questions via the chat facility. We addressed two of these here - below we have| Employment Law Worldview
Here are a few more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations. Can a witness| Employment Law Worldview
Here are a few more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations. Does the| Employment Law Worldview
During our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations, we received several questions via the chat facility that we will address in a number of| Employment Law Worldview
The government has announced the latest instalment in its ‘crackdown’ on illegal working by extending right to work checks to businesses hiring gig| Employment Law Worldview
In a long-anticipated move that dramatically alters the employment landscape, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its final Non-Compete Clause| Employment Law Worldview
In January 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a sweeping rule that, with limited exceptions (such as for highly compensated executives| Employment Law Worldview
On February 11, 2022, we reported on Congress' enactment of legislation barring the use of mandatory arbitration provisions in cases of sexual assault or| Employment Law Worldview
On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal judge permanently barred the implementation of a controversial Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulation that would| Employment Law Worldview
As we have previously reported about (here and here), 2024 has been a historic year in the United States for state legislation aimed at protecting| Employment Law Worldview
Illinois joins a growing list of states prohibiting employers from requiring employees to attend meetings discussing union representation issues. Here's| Employment Law Worldview
It is a normal principle of English employment law that clear notice of termination, once given, cannot be retracted without the consent of the other| Employment Law Worldview
Don’t post anything online that you wouldn’t want your mother – or the Department of Labor – to see. Anyone who once thought that Facebook was a safe| Employment Law Worldview
As we have previously reported, in early 2022, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and| Employment Law Worldview
If the UK introduced a piece of employment law to require all employees to be nice to each other in the workplace, then you would instantly and rightly| Employment Law Worldview
On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2288 and Senate Bill 92 significantly reforming California’s Private Attorney| Employment Law Worldview
Employers have been busy preparing and reviewing their exemptions, raising salaries, and/or making updates to their classifications to comply with the new| Employment Law Worldview
