Employers know that stability is central to workplace productivity and profitability, so how can you stay balanced while the legal ground is consistently shifting under your feet? The Year Ahead 2025 assesses the factors motivating current and coming changes in employment + labor law so that you can move your initiatives and compliance strategies forward with more certainty.
Agency Authority and the SCOTUS Paradigm Shift
Agencies and employers are only beginning to feel the repercussions from several significant rulings last term. What approach to regulatory compliance should you take now?
What should prudent employers looking to protect their confidential information and trade secrets do now that the writing appears to be on the wall for true non-competes?
How should employers plan for the near and mid-term given the likely return to more business-friendly standards and the continued growth in labor activism?
Will it be back to the future in 2025 for core wage and hour law issues — EAP minimum salary exemptions, independent contracting, federal contracting, tips, and more?
Accommodations in Action — PWFA and Beyond
With workplace accommodations requests and related litigation risk both projected to continue rising, what can employers do to remain compliant — and successful?
To what extent will past experience offer employers a reasonable roadmap regarding changes in immigration and worksite enforcement...
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