Legal Updates

The Department of Labor has published limited interpretive guidance to help small employers select high-quality, low-cost “pooled employer plans” or “PEPs.” Here is an Executive Summary of the guidance: “In this document, the Department is taking initial steps to build ... Read More

In New Jersey, an employer generally cannot require an employee to attend mandatory meetings on political or religious matters. This is what is commonly referred to as a ban on “captive audience” meetings, where employers might express anti-union sentiments. The ... Read More

Citing the need and urgency to develop targeted public policy tools to disrupt and prevent retail theft in grocery and drug store establishments, the City Council of the City of Long Beach has passed an ordinance requiring drug retail establishments ... Read More

The Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA) requires an employer to reinstate and reemploy returning employees under the same terms and conditions as required by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Time off under ... Read More

Illinois has amended the state’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act, under which employers must provide break time to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the employee has the need to ... Read More

Effective immediately, the Illinois Human Rights Act has been amended to provide for civil penalties when an employer commits a civil rights violation, as follows: You can access the enacted bill here.

Illinois has passed the “Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act.” The details of the Act are as follows: The Act is effective beginning June 1, 2026. You can access the enacted bill here.

Earlier this month, the IRS announced it is “working on new guidance and updated forms for TY 2026. These will include changes to how tips and overtime pay are reported. The IRS will coordinate with employers, payroll providers and tax ... Read More

The President has signed an executive order entitled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.” The EO requires the Secretary of Labor to reexamine the Department of Labor’s past and present guidance regarding a fiduciary’s duties under the Employee ... Read More

As you know, Delaware Paid Leave goes into full effect on January 1, 2026. The state legislature has recently made several changes to the program, as follows: You can access the enacted bill here.

As you know, Rhode Island law requires that employees who work on Sundays and holidays must receive one and one-half times (1.5x) the regular rate of pay. This is, essentially, a separate and additional type of premium pay from overtime. ... Read More

California’s Director of Finance Calculation of Adjustment has announced that the state’s minimum wage will increase by 2.49% from $16.50 per hour to $16.90 per hour for all employers on January 1, 2026. Note that the change in the minimum ... Read More