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US employment: key federal and state updates (16 – 29 Dec) - Lexology
A US district court upholds US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa application fee, New Jersey prohibits disparate impact discrimination, and the US NLRB returns to a quorum – plus other key update...
Read moreResolve to stop punching the clock: Why you might be able to change when and how long you work - HR Law Canada
By Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Babson College and Christopher Wong Michaelson, University of St. Thomas About 1 in 3 Americans make at least one New Year’s resolution, according to Pew Research. While...
Read moreTop 2025 Employment Law Changes Employers Must Know for 2026 - The National Law Review
Similar to many changes in administration, the 2025 labor and employment landscape was defined by fragmentation followed by realignment. Federal agency authority faced significant constitutional c...
Read moreDistrict Court Rules That California’s Law Authorizing PERB to Govern Private Sector Labor Relations Is Preempted - CDF Labor Law LLP
AB 288, enacted by the California Legislature in September (which CDF reported on in September and October of this year), mirrors a similar New York law and authorizes California’s Public Employme...
Read moreThe Internet Is Not an HR Department – Observations from the Viral Cinnabon Firing for Employers - JD Supra
A frontline service worker at a Cinnabon was recently terminated after a video circulated showing her hurling a racist epithet at a Somali couple. The footage spread quickly with millions of views ...
Read moreNew laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with newborns in NICU - IPM Newsroom
Illinois workers with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit will soon have additional access to job-protected, unpaid leave. Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 2978, dubbed the Family Neonat...
Read moreNLRB Back in Business: New Confirmations Restore Decision-Making Authority - JD Supra
After nearly a year of interim leadership and inactivity at the top adjudicative level at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Agency is back on track. Recently, the Senate confirmed the...
Read morePresident Trump’s Cannabis Rescheduling Order: Implications for employment law and workplace practice - JD Supra
On December 18, President Trump issued an Administrative Order directing the Attorney General to complete the rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the f...
Read moreJudge rules against Trump’s attempt to remove security clearance of whistleblower attorney - Washington Times
A federal judge in Washington has ruled against President Trump’s attempt to cancel a security clearance for an attorney who represents whistleblowers — specifically, government employees critical...
Read moreFalse Claims
DOJ use False Claims Act to target diversity initiatives - kyma.com
(NBC, KYMA) - The Trump Administration is targeting diversity initiatives with a federal civil law that allows the government to recover funds lost due to fraud. According to reports from the Wall...
