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For employers navigating risk, workforce, and the bottom line. Employment Law This Week® delivers the employment and labor developments that matter—without the noise. Part of the Epstein Becker Green Insights Network.
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Employment Law This WeekTip Guidance Withdrawn, Disparate Impact Pushback, and Qui Tam Ruling
What employers should know about key developments this week: Tip Rule Guidance: The U.S. Department of Labor rescinded three opinion letters that the Biden…
Employment Law This WeekAnnual Workforce Management Briefing: What Employers Are Grappling with Right Now
What employers should know about key developments this week: Balancing DEI Risk: Employers are still adjusting to the current administration's diversity…
Employment Law This WeekMenopause at Work: New Laws, Vetoes, and a Federal Bill
What employers should know about key developments this week: State and Local Laws: Rhode Island was the first state to pass a law requiring workplace…
Employment Law This WeekCalifornia's New Rules on "Robo Bosses," Clawbacks, and Pay Data
What employers should know about key developments this week: Limits on Automated Decisions and Surveillance: Starting July 1, 2027, under California's "No Robo…
Employment Law This WeekDC Cuts Paid Leave, NLRB Reverses Course, Accenture Settles for $25 Million
What employers should know about key developments this week: Paid Leave Reductions: The District of Columbia (DC) reduced paid family leave from 12 to six…
Employment Law This WeekNY Personnel File Access Law: What You Must Do by November 8
What employers should know about key developments this week: New Employee Access Right: Starting November 8, 2026, New York employers must allow current and…
Employment Law This WeekHow Employers Can Protect Against AI-Enabled Candidate Fraud
What employers should know about key developments this week: Candidate Fraud Escalating Globally: According to the research firm Gartner, by 2028, one in four…
Employment Law This WeekThree Immigration Enforcement Actions Are Reshaping Hiring Right Now
What employers should know about key developments this week: DOL's Visa Crackdown: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has frozen all new permanent labor…
Employment Law This WeekNew NLRB Majority and Post-Loper Bright Court Deference
What employers should know about key developments this week: NLRB Shifts to Republican Majority: The Senate confirmed David Prouty and James Macey to the…
Employment Law This WeekStates Are Regulating AI Faster Than Washington—What Employers Must Know Now
What employers should know about key developments this week: State-Led Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation: Illinois recently codified the disparate…
Employment Law This WeekCompensable Travel Time: What Two New DOL Opinion Letters Mean for Employers
What employers should know about key developments this week: DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2026-9: The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) Wage and Hour Division (WHD)…
Employment Law This WeekChange Is Coming from the EEOC—but When?
What employers should know about key developments this week: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Regulatory Agenda: The EEOC is pursuing…
Employment Law This WeekNew York Employers Face New Restrictions on Severance, Tuition Repayment, and Sick Time
What employers should know about key developments this week: Severance Agreement Overhaul: The No Severance Ultimatums Act, awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul's…
Employment Law This WeekBeyond the EEOC: The Widening Divide in Disparate Impact Enforcement
What employers should know about key developments this week: EEOC's New Direction: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has scrapped its…
Employment Law This WeekThe NLRB Is No Longer Independent—What Employers Need to Know
What employers should know about key developments this week: Agencies Lose Their Independence: In Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal…
Employment Law This WeekFertility Benefits, Medical Marijuana, and Whistleblower Protections
What employers should know about key developments this week: Federal Agencies Propose Fertility Benefit Expansion: The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and…
Employment Law This WeekStates Are Now Writing the Workplace AI Rules
What employers should know about key developments this week: States Lead on Workplace AI: With federal regulators slowing new rules, individual states are…
Employment Law This WeekAgencies Step Up DEI Scrutiny, DOL Clarifies Overtime Rules, and California Court Limits PAGA Claims
What employers should know about key developments this week: Two Federal Agencies Target DEI: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is urging its employees to…
Employment Law This WeekEEO-1 Reports, Remote Work, and Non-Compete Restrictions in Tennessee
What employers should know about key developments this week: EEOC Proposes Eliminating EEO-1 Reports: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is…
Employment Law This WeekState Pay Transparency Laws in 2026: Maine and Virginia Join the Ranks
What employers should know about key developments this week: Virginia and Maine Pay Transparency Laws: Both states require employers to disclose compensation…
Employment Law This WeekWords Matter: How to Draft Arbitration Agreements That Hold Up in Court
What employers should know about key developments this week: Arbitration Agreement Drafting Pitfalls: Vague or imprecise language regarding discovery…
Employment Law This WeekDOL's New Joint Employer Rule, Fifth Circuit FLSA Twist, and I-9 Irreversible Errors
What employers should know about key developments this week: DOL Proposes Joint Employer Rule: The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule reinstating…
Employment Law This WeekNLRB Could Soon Have a Three-Person Republican Majority
What employers should know about key developments this week: NLRB Nomination Signals Shifting Board Majority: The nomination of James Macy—packaged with the…
Employment Law This WeekThe Administration's Focus on DEI Moves from Words to Action
What employers should know about key developments this week: · False Claims Act Exposure: The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Civil Rights Fraud Initiative is…
Employment Law This Week401(k) Alternative Assets, NLRB Removal Protections, and Military Leave Requests
What employers should know about key developments this week: DOL Proposes Opening 401(k) Investments: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule…
Employment Law This WeekEmployer AI Headaches: Job Postings, Client Privilege, and Microchip Bans
What employers should know about key developments this week: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conversations Are Not Privileged: In United States v. Heppner, a…
Employment Law This WeekIs Cemex Still Valid? Sixth Circuit Creates Uncertainty
What employers should know about key developments this week: Sixth Circuit Rejects Cemex Bargaining Order: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit…
Employment Law This WeekSpilling Secrets: Non-Competes in 2026: FTC Signals Major Policy Shift
What employers should know about key developments this week: FTC Enforcement Shift on Non-Competes: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it will…
Employment Law This WeekNLRB Shifts Enforcement, DOL's Non-Union Focus, and EEOC's DEI Crackdown
What employers should know about key developments this week: • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Sets New Enforcement Priorities: NLRB General Counsel…
Employment Law This WeekNLRB and DOL Take Action on Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Rules
What employers should know about key developments this week: NLRB Reinstates 2020 Joint Employer Rule: Under the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's)…
Employment Law This WeekNYC Enforcement Blitz, CA Surveillance Pricing, and PA Criminal History Rule Update
What employers should know about key developments this week: · New York City's Enforcement Blitz: The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is…
Employment Law This WeekHow to Respond to Employee Concerns About ICE Investigations
Visits from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can have negative effects on employee morale and retention, especially if a business is unprepared. Plan…
Employment Law This WeekWhat Do Federal DEI Crackdowns Mean for Employers?
Federal agencies are intensifying their scrutiny of workplace DEI initiatives, creating new and complex challenges for employers. Key Takeaways for Employers…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: DOL Compliance Tools & PBM Regulation, NLRB Intake Updates
This week, we discuss the Department of Labor's (DOL's) new compliance tools, its proposed pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) transparency regulation, and updated…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Remote Work and Disability Discrimination: What Employers Need to Know
A recent federal ruling clarified that denying a request for full-time remote work as a disability accommodation does not, by itself, constitute discrimination…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: "Stay or Pay" Agreements, Developing Immigration News, EEOC Power Shift
This week, we're covering new "Stay or Pay" bans in California and New York, developing immigration news for employers, and the EEOC's streamlined path for…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: FMLA and FLSA Compliance in 2026—New DOL Opinion Letters and Emerging Risks
While the recent DOL guidance provides long-awaited clarity on FMLA and FLSA compliance, the rapid expansion of state-level paid leave mandates is adding a new…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Employment Law in 2026: What to Expect
As we enter 2026, employers face a rapidly evolving legal landscape. In this episode of Employment Law This Week®, Epstein Becker Green attorneys share their…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Top Employment Law Changes of 2025
2025 reshaped the employment law landscape, bringing sweeping changes at both the federal and state levels. In this year-end special episode, Epstein Becker…
Employment Law This WeekSpilling Secrets: 2025 Non-Compete Year in Review
The landscape of restrictive covenants transformed in 2025, driven by a new administration's approach to federal oversight and decisive legislative action at…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: New Tips and Overtime Guidance, NLRB Circuit Split, and Stalled Nomination
This week, we're covering new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on reporting tips and overtime, a widened circuit split on National Labor Relations Board…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: New Leadership and Priorities for the EEOC
The EEOC, now under the leadership of Chair Andrea Lucas and with a quorum for the first time in months, is signaling shifts in enforcement priorities that…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: What Restoring a Quorum at the NLRB Could Mean for Employers
This week, we examine what employers should anticipate as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—which currently has only one active member, a Democrat, and…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: H-1B Enforcement Tightened, Fertility Benefits Expanded, Gender Identity Protection Setback
This week, we're covering the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) launch of Project Firewall to enforce H-1B visa compliance and new guidance on stand-alone…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Top Employment Insights: 44th Annual Workforce Management Briefing
This week, we discuss highlights from Epstein Becker Green's 44th Annual Workforce Management Briefing, which covered some of the most pressing issues for…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: State Law Trends, "Captive Audience" Ban Clash, Rhode Island Menopause Law
This week, we're covering an uptick in state-level employment law activity, federal court decisions on "captive audience" bans, and Rhode Island's new…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: How to Stay Compliant with 2026 State Family and Medical Leave Laws
This week, we explore the latest changes in state-level family and medical leave laws and how employers can stay compliant. How to Stay Compliant with 2026…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: New H-1B Visa Fee, EEOC Shutters Disparate Impact Cases, Key Labor Roles Confirmed
This week, we're covering the new H-1B visa fee, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) closure of disparate impact cases, and recent key labor…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Backs Off Non-Compete Ban, Warns Health Care Employers
This week, we examine the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) decisions to drop its appeal of a federal court ruling striking down its proposed non-compete ban…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Social Media and Employee Firings: What Employers Need to Know
This week, we examine how employers should address controversial employee social media activity, especially amid widespread social tension such as that seen…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: AI in the Workplace: California Sets a New Compliance Standard
This week, we examine new artificial intelligence (AI) regulations in California impacting employers. AI in the Workplace: California Sets a New Compliance…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Remote Work and Religion: New Legal Risks for Employers in 2025
As religious rights in the workplace gain new attention, a recent OPM memo broadening religious accommodations for federal employees could impact employers…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Authority in Jeopardy, Pregnant Worker Protections, Non-Compete Order Rescinded, EEOC Right-to-Sue Rule
This week, we're covering four key employer-focused developments: a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging the National Labor…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: New FLSA Notice Standard, DOL's PAID Program, Axed Wage and Hour Penalties
This week, we dig into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action notice standard, the U.S…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: New DOJ Memo Warns Employers: Rethink DEI Programs Now
New guidance from Attorney General Bondi urges federal funding recipients to reassess DEI programs to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws. This…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: Nationwide FLSA Lawsuits Just Got Harder—Here's Why
In Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., the Ninth Circuit ruled that, in FLSA collective actions, federal courts must evaluate personal…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Quorum Limbo, DOL Deregulation Push, Coldplay Concert Exposes Workplace Romance
This week, we look at the potential restoration of a quorum at the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board"), the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's)…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: FTC and Florida Focus on Non-Competes, SCOTUS to Rule on Pension Withdrawal Liability
This week, we're examining the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) stance on a federal non-compete ban, the expansive changes introduced by Florida's Contracts…
Employment Law This Week#WorkforceWednesday: What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers
The OBBBA introduces major shifts for employers, transforming employee benefits, executive compensation, and workforce compliance. Are you prepared to adapt?…
Employment Law This WeekSpilling Secrets: Legal Shifts in 2025 Put Employer Non-Compete Strategies at Risk
Non-compete legislation is evolving rapidly at the state level, with new laws taking effect soon in Arkansas, Kansas, Virginia, and Wyoming. Looking ahead…