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...

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...

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...

A major new court decision could remake federal labor law for years to come. This decision – issued on July 21 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit – signals that courts may soon revisit many longstanding legal standards governing labor law issues. The...

Employers in Washington State with fifteen or more employees anywhere must comply, as of July 1, 2026, with the Washington Fair Chance Act (WFCA), RCW 49.94, as amended last year in Engrossed House Bill 1747, which significantly restricts when and how employers may...