Recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Lopez v. Marmic LLC, holding that undocumented workers are entitled to recover for underpayment under New Jersey’s wage and hour laws. The decision provides important guidance on the intersection of...
In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Shirin Aboujawde (New York/London) and Samantha Duncan (Washington) break down the latest wave of social and employment reforms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These reforms include relaxed alcohol...
On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two companion opinion letters addressing when an employee’s commute and pre-shift activities count as compensable “hours worked” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and...
An employee must show that an adverse employment decision was motivated by the employee’s need for a religious accommodation in order to establish a prima facie religious discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Court of Appeals...
What employers should know about union recognition, employee majority support, and bargaining obligations after a business acquisition. The D.C. Circuit has invalidated the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) “successor bar,” a rule that required a new owner of...
In this podcast, Karen Tynan (Sacramento) and Kevin Bland (Orange County) discuss serious accident-related citations (SARs) under Cal/OSHA, explaining how these citations require a causal nexus between the alleged violation and a serious injury, and how they differ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued two new opinion letters, FLSA2026-9 and FLSA2026-10 on July 22, 2026, addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) treats travel by employees who work part of their day at home. Read together,...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken a significant step toward dismantling one of the federal government’s longest standing employment reporting requirements. On July 21, 2026, the EEOC voted 2-1 to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
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...
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