On October 11, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 41 (SB-41) into law, introducing a comprehensive set ...
In response to the increase in silicosis among artificial stone workers, the new law expands the definition of “serious injury or illness” to include silicosis and silica-related lung cancer. The new ...
The quorum allows the EEOC to proceed with revising or replacing regulations, guidance documents and the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan, and also permits the agenc ...
The opinion letter clarified that employers should calculate FMLA leave hours based on an employee’s actual, normally scheduled workweek — which includes any mandatory overtime hours and excludes any ...
The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has officially confirmed the mobile network operators that will participate in the highly anticipated millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum auction. The auction, which will ...
The Trump administration is poised to formally rescind the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Biden-era rule for classifying workers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), ...
On September 25, 2025, the New York City Council sent to the mayor a bill (Int. No. 0780-2024) that would amend the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to incorporate the requirements under the New ...
On Oct. 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing a new $1,000 immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation ...
As year-end approaches, it is an opportune time for companies to run an internal audit of their nonqualified deferred compensation plans to flag any potential violations of IRC Section 409A (“Section ...
On October 16, 2025, House Speaker Perez released a memorandum outlining seven (7) proposals to amend Florida’s Constitution to reform property taxes. As explained by the Speaker: “[i]t is our ...
In its ruling of August 20, 2025 (Ref.: 10 SLa 2/25), the Munich Regional Labor Court (LAG Munich) decided that an employee who takes preparatory steps to establish a works council during the first ...
On October 9, 2025, the New York City Council passed two bills (Int. No. 0982-2024 and Int. No. 0984-2024) that if enacted into law would require New York City employers with 200 or more employees to ...