The U.S. Supreme Court expanded the president’s authority to remove independent federal agencies’ principal officers. Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332 (June 29, 2026). The Court reversed Humphrey’s Executor, long-standing Court precedent that found Congress could create...

President Donald Trump appointed current Member James Murphy as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. In this role, Murphy will oversee the Board’s adjudicative and administrative functions, including hiring administrative law judges and serving as the...

The challenge for employers has never been collecting workforce data. Most employers already have that data in their payroll, timekeeping, scheduling, and human resource information systems (HRIS). The challenge is turning that data into a decision before a...

Key Takeaways What Happened: On July 21, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that Section 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) does not authorize the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require employers to...

From high turnover and typically younger workforces to ever-shifting state and local laws, restaurants face a unique patchwork of pay transparency compliance risks. Denver office colleague Melisa Panagakos joins podcast host Laura Mitchell to share how to check these...

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion concluding that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) long-standing approach to disparate-impact liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

Takeaways Effective 07.17.26, eligible New Jersey employees may receive up to 26 weeks of job-protection while receiving TDI benefits and up to 12 weeks while receiving FLI benefits, with reinstatement rights to their job or an equivalent position when the benefits...

Takeaways Multiple states are adding new pay transparency requirements that go into effect soon. Employers must include pay ranges in job postings or include wage ranges and a general description of benefits in public and internal job advertisements. Employers should...

For much of the past two years, discussions regarding generative artificial intelligence (AI) in professional services seems to have focused on lawyers, and perhaps for good reason. Courts have sanctioned attorneys who submitted briefs containing fabricated case...