Hiring and firing AB 858: Rehiring and Retention of Displaced Workers AB 858 extends the sunset date for COVID-19-related employee recall and reinstatement rights to 1 January 2027. Background In ...

Introduction On July 31, 2025, Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bill (“H.B.”) 2688 into law amending Oregon’s prevailing wage rate (“PWR”) law. These changes, which take effect July 1, 2026, expan...

As 2025 comes to a close, employers across the country should be thinking about what employment laws impose new or heightened compliance requirements for 2026. Compliance with the Occupational Saf...

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. “Courts have long recognized that re-posting memes or other content from other creators, without further comment, is akin to one’s own speech.” A Florida Fish and Wildlif...

‘Progressive discipline may not be possible in all safety-related matters,’ says lawyer When it comes to safety-sensitive workplaces, Canadian HR professionals are often at the crossroads of compet...

Use Title VII and company values as your North Star, experts said at an employment law event Thursday. DENVER — Employers are no doubt facing a challenging cultural climate with respect to diversit...

The annual conference concluded with speakers highlighting US states’ reactions to the US government’s discrimination policies and the difficulties in determining what constitutes lawful employee ...

When employers offer new hires a sign-on bonus or existing employees a retention bonus, they typically structure the bonuses as an upfront payment subject to a conditional repayment obligation if ...

Nicholas Ngo of Simmons & Simmons on why workplace discrimination will now be actionable, what the SGD 250,000 figure actually reveals, and why end-2027 should be seen as a build period, not a ...