Only a portion of states that have legalized medical marijuana also prohibit employers from discriminating against workers who have a valid prescription.
Alaska employers may pay wages by payroll card under SB 79, effective July 1, 2026, subject to new compliance requirements. Employers may use a pay card only if the employee voluntarily authorizes it or has not authorized direct deposit under AS 23.10.043. New Payroll...
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has proposed a new safe harbor option for group health plans to provide required disclosures electronically. Currently, many health plan notices are still delivered through paper mailings, which can be costly and administratively...
Employers would have a clearer path to delivering summary plan descriptions (SPDs) and other required health plan documents electronically to participants who have provided—or been assigned—an electronic address under a proposed “notice and access” regulation from the...
Ever since the enactment of the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“EFAA”) in 2022, the plaintiffs’ bar has made it Job One to insert often implausible claims of sexual harassment into all manner of disparate employment...
A Texas federal district court has split with another Texas district court on a key question: when a court declares the National Labor Relations Board’s removal protections unconstitutional, can it sever the offending provisions and allow an unfair labor practice...
On March 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register designed to substantially restructure the methodology used to calculate prevailing wages for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant classifications. The...
The officer also said she was forbidden to speak publicly about equity.
More than half of businesses lack a dedicated owner for artificial intelligence costs, which can lead to overspend, according to a Harness report.
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