California’s labor landscape is changing with the passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 288, which expands both worker rights and the authority of the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Emp...

In this series, we will explore some of the ways states vary from one another in their employment laws. Last week, I highlighted the extremes: California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma hav...

In this series, we will explore some of the ways states vary from one another in their employment laws. This week, California enacted new Fair Employment and Housing Act regulations regarding arti...

ERA finds company used misconduct allegations as pretext for terminations The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found that two farm workers were unjustifiably dismissed when their employer used ...

Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell attorneys Tom O’Day and Tracey O’Brien to the podcast for the second part of a two-part discussion on employee restrictive covenants, including noncompete ag...

A ladder fall left a worker permanently injured, but his compensation claim hit a major obstacle A District Court in Hong Kong recently dealt with a personal injury case involving a worker who suff...

Nearly eight years ago, Charlottesvillians learned they had the highest health insurance premiums in the country. The Department of Justice filed a notice in December that it was intervening in a ...

[co-author: Leah Shepherd] On September 11, 2025, the California Legislature passed a bill that would ban “stay or pay” terms in employment contracts, which require employees to pay their employer...