On June 29, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind longstanding guidance addressing voluntary affirmative action plans under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the EEOC voted to rescind the interpretive...
Consistent with its recently announced National Enforcement Plan to ferret out what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regards as unlawful DEI activities, on May 5, 2026, the agency filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times in the...
What employers should know about key developments this week: Agencies Lose Their Independence: In Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are not “independent.” The NLRB’s Board members...
Hawaii has enacted a new law expanding the state’s family leave law to better support military families. Hawaii’s family leave statute will allow eligible employees to take unpaid family leave for qualifying military exigencies connected to a family member’s...
On July 1, 2026, the leaders of the German governing coalition, CDU/CSU and SPD, agreed on a thirty-four-point reform package during the coalition committee meeting, with labor and employment law reforms that include a relaxation of dismissal protections for top...
Takeaways The Fourth Circuit’s Overby decision vacated certification of a wage and hour class action, holding that broad allegations of a common pay practice could not overcome potentially significant differences in employees’ alleged pre- and post-shift work. General...
Cortina v. North Am. Title Co., 2026 WL 1506576 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026) In this 137-page opinion, which the Court of Appeal noted involves an even more “rare and beastly case” than Duran v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 59 Cal. 4th 1 (2014), the Court held that the trial court...
Maryland employers and those with employees in Maryland should begin preparing now for the state’s new paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. With employer and employee contributions beginning in January 2027 and benefits becoming available in 2028,...
On June 29, 2026, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that employees can bring a representative action under state wage-and-hour laws without meeting stricter class action criteria. Quick Hits In Martinez v. T. Slack Environmental Services, Inc.,...
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