Labor & Employment
Employment
Oregon
01 3:25-cv-244-SI (D.Or. May 20, 2025), striking down Oregon’s United for Cannabis Workers Act and holding that the law is preempted by the National Labor ...
Employment
Tenth Circuit Rules Forfeiture-for-Competition Not Subject to Non-Compete Reasonableness Test
In Lawson v. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, upheld the forfeiture of stock awards for violation of a covenant to not ...
Employment
Supreme Court Decides Against Reinstating Wilcox as NLRB As They Rule on Her Termination – NLRB Remains without a Quorum
On the 22nd of May 2025, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Gwynne Willcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), could not ...
Employment
Justice
The The program “will utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates ...
Employment
Minneapolis Expands Workplace Protections for Civil Rights and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations
The amendments include new protected classes, expand the definition of race, familial status, and disability, and increase protections for pregnant workers and religious observance. With ...
Employment
DOL Retracts Biden Era Independent Contractor Classification Rules
On 1 May 2025, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced that it would not enforce nor apply the Biden ...
Employment
The New York State budget approved by the legislature strengthens child labor protections
Other changes include eliminating the coverage exemption for newspaper carriers, as well as the allowance for “employment of a minor fifteen years old who is ...
Employment
New
As 01 Constr. M The The split has yet to be resolved by New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals. As part of the ...
Employment
NYC Employers reminded of Post Lactation Accommodation Policy
The amendment requires that employers distribute the written policy to employees “at the commencement of employment” and make it “readily available to employees by, at ...