How one line in a termination letter cost an employer a full year of an executive's pay A fish-trading company failed to overturn an order to pay a departing sales executive a full year's salary, C...

For years, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) has provided a mechanism for California employers to enforce arbitration agreements despite the state’s repeated efforts to narrow them. However, a new...

On June 23, 2026, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that public works contractors in New York must pay prevailing wages even when the contract is silent on that matter, and that parties cannot s...

Regulatory changes in California and New Jersey, high court decisions in Connecticut and Illinois, and new laws in Virginia are highlights of the wage and hour policy activity states have faced... ...

Editorial While the perpetrators have been charged with criminal intimidation and cruelty to children, the authorities must ensure they are properly prosecuted and punished. The investigation also ...

The firm handed the job to a trained supervisor. It didn't hand off the liability A construction employer tried to shift the blame for a workplace safety penalty onto a trained supervisor it had pu...

What You Need to Know Deakins, who helped found the labor and employment firm back in 1977, helped the firm grow exponentially under his term as managing shareholder from 1985 to 2001. Colleagues...

With the 2025-2026 legislative session now over, the New York State Senate and Assembly recently passed a handful of bills that, if enacted, would significantly impact New York State employers. Al...

[co-author: Leah Shepherd] Before the new school year starts, employers may want to note that some states require employers to provide time off for employees to attend teacher conferences, back-to...

His claim he was replaced by a white man was inaccurate, and even if this were true it would be insufficient on its own to establish a prima facie case. Affirming a district court’s grant of summa...