Insights: Results

Cost to Boss

by Gregory Sirico

New Colorado legislation aims to stop employers from dodging direct negligence claims.

Immigration Worksite Enforcement to Increase in 2018

by Christopher L. Thomas

Immigration Worksite Enforcement Set to Intensify in 2018: Employers Must Strengthen Compliance Programs

Changes in California Employment Law for 2025

by Laurie Villanueva

What employers need to know to ensure compliance in the coming year and beyond

Holiday Pay Explained: Federal Rules and Employer Policies

by Bryan Driscoll

Understand how paid holidays work, when employers must follow their policies and when legal guidance may be necessary.

How DEI Executive Orders Will Impact Your Business

by The Wagner Law Group

The executive orders removing DEI initiatives will have varied affects on federal contractors, private sector employers and educational institutions.

Noncompete Extinct

by Mark W. Bakker

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a blanket ban on noncompete agreements that could radicalize post-termination protections afforded to employers.

Accommodation Reigns

by J. Lott Warren and Kara E. Shea

A recent 6th Circuit Court decision could have big implications for employers who don’t follow reasonable-accommodation standards within disability and medical-leave law to the letter.

Brace for Impact

by Scott Hetrick and Ray Young, Jr.

The 2021 independent contractor rule might have major impacts on employers and upend compliance issues, especially as the DOL’s definition of an independent contractor is about to change.

Compelled to Compete

by Ashish Mahendru

Courts and legislatures—and now the White House—are taking an increasingly dim view of noncompete employment agreements, a development the pandemic has quickened. What can employers do to protect their confidential information?

Keep an Eye on AI

by Danielle Ochs and Jennifer G. Betts

Artificial intelligence tools—most notably the “generative AI” systems that have so captured the public imagination lately—are proliferating. How will legislators, regulators and employers deal with the changes these systems bring to the workplace?

Phoning It In

by Ashley C. Pack, Crystal S. Wildeman and Alyson M. St. Pierre

It’s not easy for employers to weigh requests from employees to work from afar, even in the wake of the pandemic. Considerations include COVID-19, vaccinations, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the nature of the job itself.

Employment Entanglements

by Justin Smulison

As the United States approaches its third summer against the backdrop of the coronavirus, employers and employees still find themselves in a Gordian Knot of interconnected labor and employment challenges, with no clear way to untangle them all.

Legal Trends in the Modern Workplace

by Emma R. Schuering and Meghan H. Hanson

Employees are reevaluating their jobs and the workforce, including issues like pay equity, forced arbitration, paid time off, discrimination and other such policies as they continue to navigate a post-pandemic work life.

The Inside Wall

by Charla Truett

Are bricks being stacked up against employment-based immigration?

A Guide to Workers' Compensation Law for 2025 and Beyond

by Bryan Driscoll