Most U.S. Supreme Court terms tend to include at least one significant labor and employment law decision. In 2025, the justices handed down a verdict that could prove to be one of their most conse...

Santa Clara County partially won its bid to throw out a whistleblower’s retaliation lawsuit for reporting alleged safety violations at one of its public hospitals. Gerardo Segura, the former chief...

A law that protects Illinois workers from reporting workplace violence with employer-provided devices is now in effect. In part, the new amendment to the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act ...

In early December 2025, the UK government announced two key changes to the unfair dismissal regime: 1) that the period of qualifying service necessary to bring a claim will reduce to six months, a...

New York construction-industry employers should be aware of a significant change to the state’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law. On December 19, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 4727 (“A472...

The Fearless Forecaster once again gazes into his crystal ball to predict what will be hot topics in New Jersey state and federal labor and employment law in 2026. What’s in store for the new year...

But one expert is warning of the "administrative burden" for employers. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said most of its small business members will be exempt because they h...

Pierce Atwood LLP is pleased to announce that Katie Porter, an experienced employment law attorney, has become a partner in the firm. Porter represents private and public employers and helps emergi...

Somewhere in Austin, Texas, a general manager is having the kind of day that makes you reconsider career choices. He’s the man who looked at a stack of arbitration agreements, saw a signature in t...