Legal Updates

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President Trump has rescinded Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.”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 Among the rescinded memos are: GC 21-06 and GC 21-07 addressing remedies to be sought; GC 21-08 on the rights of student-athletes under the NLRA; GC 23-02 on electronic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

Based on a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision, the state’s minimum wage will be increasing on February 21, 2025, to $12.48 per hour. Employers must update their workplace posters accordingly. You can access the state’s updated minimum wage poster here.

As you know, last year, New York passed the Retail Worker Safety Act, amending New York labor law to strengthen workplace violence prevention for retail employees. This law applies to retail employers with at least 10 employees, and requires such ... Read More

As of February 3, 2025, Cal/OSHA’s Non-Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulation has largely expired. While most COVID-19-specific requirements have ended, employers are still subject to certain recordkeeping obligations until February 3, 2026. Employers must continue to document all COVID-19 cases in ... Read More