A recent federal court order has placed a partial preliminary injunction on the enforcement of Assembly Bill (AB) 288, which expands both worker rights and the authority of the state’s Public Empl...

The Washington Post escaped claims that it violated federal labor law by refusing to disclose name-linked salary data of its employees to the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild, a National Labor Relati...

Court cites ‘pattern of ongoing concealment’ by former managing director A British Columbia company whose former managing director secretly signed an agreement with a competitor was unsuccessful in...

Every January, new California employment laws take effect and 2026 is no different, bringing changes to employment contracts, pay data reporting, paid family leave, and other employment-related to...

Employers are increasingly having to navigate complex situations involving medical absences, chronic conditions, and return-to-work planning. These cases often raise difficult questions: What info...

On December 30, 2025, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York vacated a recent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“FMCS”) policy that laid off a substantial number of federal...

As we enter 2026, employers face a rapidly evolving legal landscape. In this episode of Employment Law This Week, Epstein Becker Green attorneys share their insights on the key challenges and oppo...

Landmark ruling tightens when nonprofits can treat workers as unpaid volunteers A California appeals court just rewrote the rules on who counts as a volunteer, creating headaches for HR teams acros...

His leave was approved every time—then came his performance review A 17-year Abbott Laboratories employee claims he was fired for taking the very medical leave his employer approved. Brian Goski, a...