New laws also address AI in hiring, workplace transparency, organ donation leave and more. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois workers with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit will soon have addit...

On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed three employment-related bills into law and vetoed a fourth. What You Need to Know: The three new laws—two of which took immediate effect...

Missouri employers might feel confused about the upcoming minimum wage increase set to take effect on January 1. While voters passed Proposition A in 2024 to increase the minimum wage to $15 per h...

An online petition calling on the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to apologize to violinist Esther Hwang has gone viral. As of this writing, it has now garnered more than 10,000 signatures since it w...

A US district court upholds US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa application fee, New Jersey prohibits disparate impact discrimination, and the US NLRB returns to a quorum – plus other key update...

By Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Babson College and Christopher Wong Michaelson, University of St. Thomas About 1 in 3 Americans make at least one New Year’s resolution, according to Pew Research. While...

My partner broke her femur in a Zumba class just before Christmas 2025 and had successful surgery. Following successful surgery, physicians prescribed Lovenox (an anticoagulant) and Plavix (an anti...

Similar to many changes in administration, the 2025 labor and employment landscape was defined by fragmentation followed by realignment. Federal agency authority faced significant constitutional c...

AB 288, enacted by the California Legislature in September (which CDF reported on in September and October of this year), mirrors a similar New York law and authorizes California’s Public Employme...

Key Highlights: A recent amendment expressly codifies disparate impact liability under the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) for employment discrimination claims. This comes as the U.S. Eq...