Category: Labor and Employment

​​Small employers will see penalty reductions from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) when they act quickly to correct hazards or have a clean inspection background. Effective July 2025, these changes allow companies with 25 employees or fewer to see benefits from maintaining a dedicated safety program that aligns with OSHA regulations. Below, the…

​​As of June 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) formalized requirements for employers to provide protections for employees who are pregnant or have pregnancy-related conditions. This act strengthens protections that already exist under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Although the regulations have some ambiguity, the PWFA’s biggest challenges…

​​On February 26, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued a directive to form a Joint Labor Task Force, which will consist of at least three members from the Bureau of Competition, the Bureau of Consumer Protection, and the Bureau of Economics, and one member from the Office of Policy Planning. The…

​​Employers’ use of AI requires them to pay attention to the harvesting methods they use to gather information in recruiting, hiring, and managing employees. Third-party vendors who process this information must also reevaluate their role in using AI tools to generate and process information that impacts an employer’s hiring decisions. The labor and employment attorneys…

​​The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was passed by Congress back in 1935. The Law applies to most employees in the private sector and grants them rights to organize for the purpose of bargaining with an employer for better pay and working conditions. The NLRA prohibits employers from refusing to recognize and bargain with employee…