Kentucky has amended its minimum wage statute to no longer classify professional baseball players as covered employees under the statute. Specifically exempted are “Any individual employed to play baseball who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a contract and ... Read More

The Iowa state legislature has amended the Iowa Civil Rights Act to remove “gender identity” as a protected class. The effective date of the amendment is July 1, 2025. Employers should keep in mind, however, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of ... Read More

Utah has increased the range of civil penalties for violations of the Utah Occupational Health and Safety Act. Employers may be assessed the following penalties: You can access the enacted bill here. The increases take effect on May 7, 2025.

To help educate the public about how well-established civil rights rules apply to employment policies, programs, and practices—including those labeled or framed as “DEI”—the EEOC and the DOJ recently released a joint one-page technical assistance document, “What To Do If ... Read More

President Trump has rescinded Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The minimum wage for federal contractors had recently increased to $17.75 per hour. The rescission is one of several made pursuant to a recent executive order titled ... Read More

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas recently announced, “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration ... Read More

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has directed the FTC to form a Joint Labor Task Force that will work to prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive labor-market practices that harm American workers.  In a recent ... Read More

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas recently announced that the agency will be “returning to its mission of protecting women from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination in the workplace by rolling back the Biden administration’s gender ... Read More

As you know, Michigan enacted a new Earned Sick Time Act on February 21, 2025. The state legislature has now passed several (mostly) employer-friendly amendments to the Act, including the following: You can access the amended Act here. Additionally, Michigan has ... Read More

NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen recently issued a memo rescinding certain memoranda issued under the previous administration. Among the rescinded memos are: GC 21-06 and GC 21-07 addressing remedies to be sought; GC 21-08 on the rights of student-athletes under the NLRA; GC 23-02 on electronic monitoring; GC 23-05 on ... Read More

A federal judge for the U.S. District Court of Maryland has issued a preliminary injunction blocking certain aspects of the current administration’s recent Executive Orders concerning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The following provisions have been temporarily blocked: The ruling has since ... Read More

Minnesota has changed its independent contractor test for construction workers, moving from a nine-part test to a 14-part test. Effective March 1, 2025, an individual providing or performing commercial or residential building construction or improvement services is an independent contractor under ... Read More