Takeaways Effective immediately: New bar on New York State employers’ requiring “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. Also, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights L...

A Black Tennessee man went viral from his jail bed — but not for reasons one might assume. Derrick McDonald went live on Facebook to showcase the “deplorable” conditions inside the Shelby County j...

Reassignment was not a reasonable accommodation where there was no vacant alternative position. Affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment in a hospital’s favor on a physician assistan...

Employment lawyer highlights perils, best practices for employers as inspection blitz scrutinizes use of independent contractors When the federal government launches an inspection blitz to crack do...

A Michigan hospital violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from a Service Employees International Union affiliate shortly after the union was certified as representing a bargaining u...

As 2025 comes to a close, the new year offers an opportunity to take a look back at the trends and developments that have shaped labor and employment law over the past year, and what it might indic...

Under the new California “Workplace Know Your Rights Act” (Senate Bill (SB) 294), employers must provide a new notice to employees by February 1, 2026. Lawmakers drafted the legislation to ensure ...

Kerry Cahill joined Bodman PLC as a member in the workplace law practice group in Troy, Michigan, the firm announced Tuesday. Cahill represents employers in a wide range of industries in employmen...

Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper, Naomi Friedman, Katherine Heaney and Gretel Zumwalt at the Law Firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. report – via The National Law Review, that New York Governor Kath...

The UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA), which received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, introduces wide-ranging reforms to UK employment law. The Act spans a broad range of topics, including f...