As California employers head into another year of compliance planning, the Golden State legislature has not slowed down. From higher wage thresholds and expanded pay-equity rules to sweeping chang...

Key Highlights New York prohibits arrangements requiring employees to repay or reimburse their employer: The newly enacted Trapped at Work Act bars employers from enforcing agreements that requi...

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 (“A47...

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...