New Jersey’s employment law landscape has shifted significantly. As we reported earlier this year, former Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 3451, effective July 17, 2026, which vastly expands New Jersey workers’ job protections. The New Jersey...
Mexico’s reduction of the maximum allowable hours per workweek has dominated labor and employment discussions in 2026, but the government’s increased employment law-related enforcement has also raised the stakes for employer compliance with obligations regarding the...
In a widely watched case, the New York Appellate Division has rejected a claim by a law professor at Cardozo Law School in New York that days he worked at home in Connecticut during the COVID-19 lockdown should not be treated as New York workdays. Edward A. Zelinsky...
On April 24, 2026, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed LD 54, "An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories," into law (to be codified at 26 M.R.S. § 622-A). Effective July 29, 2026, the new law requires covered...
New Research · HRMorning + Mitratech · 2026 What Surfaced About Compliance Across 2,867 Healthcare HR Conversations. Without Being Asked. We analyzed vendor-evaluation calls that were never supposed to be about background screening or I-9 compliance. Healthcare HR...
Running a small or midsize business means wearing a lot of hats. Between serving customers, managing employees, maintaining profitability, and planning for growth, it’s easy for HR compliance to become something that’s only addressed when a deadline approaches or a...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today issued two opinion letters addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to the commuter travel of employees who work part of their workday at home. Opinion letters provide official written interpretations from the...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today issued a proposed rule that would modernize how group health plans deliver required disclosures, making communication faster, more efficient, and less costly. The proposed rule...
On July 21, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) data reporting requirements, including employers’ long-standing requirements to report...
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