The case adds to the 9th Circuit’s analysis of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and religious accommodation, a topic on which the court has sometimes sided with employers.
The U.S. Department of Justice said certain candidates were highlighted to leadership and directed into a “pipeline” due to their race and sex characteristics.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new opinion letter addressing when walking time during a meal period affects compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The issue: Whether a 60-minute unpaid lunch, with six to 14 minutes spent walking to and...
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Calumet City-based residential construction and carpentry employer after two separate investigations into its continued failure to provide fall protection for workers. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Oregon’s companionship services exemption is narrowing for home care agencies under Senate Bill 1518. SB 1518 freezes Oregon’s definition of companionship services to the federal definition in effect Jan. 1, 2016, so future federal changes won’t automatically expand...
On July 31, 2026, California Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw released the calculated minimum wage adjustment for 2027, which raises the state minimum wage rate by $0.50 per hour, a 2.99 percent increase from the current $16.90 per hour rate. The California...
An employer facing a workplace fatality or serious injury may have only hours to decide whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must be notified. That pressure is familiar, but the statutory source of those deadlines may now warrant a closer...
On August 26, 2026, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued Memorandum GC 26-04, “Further Guidance Regarding General Counsel Priorities.” The memo is her second in as many months and reads like a punch list for reversing the Board’s Biden-era precedent. For...
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Department of Labor debarred a Calcasieu Parish farmer from participating in the H-2A visa program for one year, after an investigation discovered multiple violations under the H-2A program.The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that...
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