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....

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...

It’s that time of year again – when California’s cities and counties ratchet up the minimum wage! Effective July 1, 2026, several jurisdictions increased their local minimum wage rates by approximately 1.6% to as much as 3.7%. Each of the new local rates exceeds...

On May 21, 2026, we predicted that employers’ longstanding obligations to maintain and report workforce demographic data, as required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), may be eliminated. That prediction has moved one step closer to becoming...