Illinois has banned company meetings used to try to persuade workers that they’d be better off without unions—so-called captive-audience meetings—effective Jan. 1, 2025. The Illinois law mirrors C...

In recent years, Minnesota has enacted sweeping legislation impacting Minnesota employers at a breakneck pace. As the most recent legislative session came to a close, another set of new and supple...

The Michigan Supreme Court recently revived increases to the state’s minimum wage and changes to state requirements to provide workers with paid sick time. We’ve gathered articles on the news from...

On July 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida permanently blocked Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, which restricted the types of anti-harassment and antidiscrimination tra...

Wagner Law Group Hires 3 Senior Attorneys The Wagner Law Group announced that Denise Chicoine, Edward Englander and Bill Hoch have joined the firm as partners in the Boston office. Chicoine’s prac...

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (DOJ) launched its highly anticipated whistleblower awards program. As we previously covered, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Mon...

Under current federal law, employers may legally require workers to attend meetings during working hours that concern the employer’s views on politics, religion and similar matters. Hawaii recently...