The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Regional Labor Court (Landesarbeitsgericht (LAG) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) ruled on March 25, 2026, (Ref. No. 5 SLa 119/25) that an employer was not liable for a nursing home employee’s covert monitoring of coworkers where the employer...

You have an employee who says they are dealing with a medical condition and need leave or other time off from work. What are your legal obligations? How do you balance the needs of your business with the needs of the employee? There are a variety of laws related to...

In a case highlighting the importance of an adequate response to harassment allegations, on July 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Brenyah v. Columbia Hospital Corporation of Bay Area reversed summary judgment on an employee’s hostile work...

On July 7, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund v. M&K Employee Solutions, LLC, addressing single-employer status, withdrawal liability calculations, post-termination trust amendments, and...

California employers have been closely watching how courts will exercise their discretion to reduce PAGA penalties in the wake of the 2024 reforms. In Taduran v. Glidewell, the Fourth District Court of Appeal confirmed that proportionality, actual harm, employer good...

On July 14, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services that consumers cannot sue businesses for unwanted marketing text messages under a key provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The case is one of the...

On May 28, 2026, the Labor Court (Arbeitsgericht (ArbG)) of Berlin dismissed a claim for compensation brought by a nonbinary person under the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG)) (Ref. No. 42 Ca 3438/26). The decisive issue was not...

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger recently signed into law paid sick leave (PSL) entitlements for nearly all employees working in the Commonwealth. The law will have a staggered effective date, with the earliest changes taking effect in mid-2027. Employers should...

Over the past fourteen months, executive and administrative actions have repeatedly undercut disparate impact as a theory of liability under federal civil rights law. An Executive Order in April 2025 directed agencies to deprioritize disparate impact enforcement....