On Saturday, April 9, the Maryland General Assembly closed its legislative session by passing the Time to Care Act of 2022, overriding Governor Hogan's earlier veto of Senate Bill 275. As such, M...

Pablo Neruda once said “you can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” Likewise, California businesses’ protests against oppressive employment legislation don’t seem to stem...

A small mention in the federal budget has Canada’s competition lawyers all abuzz about what changes the government will actually make to the Competition Act—and if changes are even necessary. In ...

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It is important that employers in California not only know the multitude of statewide employment regulations but also familiarize themselves with local ordinances in the California cities where e...

Virginia, historically reliant on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to govern overtime obligations, passed its first stand-alone overtime law in March 2021. The Virginia Overtime Wage A...

On April 14, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that when an employee pursues and succeeds on a claim for the failure to pay overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards ...

In 2019 Connecticut enacted the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, which entitles eligible Connecticut employees to paid family leave. The Paid Family and Medical Leave Act amended the previously...

A federal court in Indiana dismissed an employee's lawsuit after he tested positive for marijuana due to alleged CBD use and claimed that his termination was discriminatory on the basis of a disa...

Why the infrastructure law is transformative — and why it isn’t By ALEX DAUGHERTY 04/18/2022 10:00 AM EDT With help from Tanya Snyder and Oriana Pawlyk Quick fix — The infrastructure law include...