Policy Week in ReviewThe Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal legislation, regulations, and congressional activity affecting the workplace. Read More |
Ones To Watch: Legislation Landscape for 2026Ones To Watch is back with Littler’s fourth annual forecast of the year’s trendiest topics in federal and state labor and employment-related legislation. Three months into the year, with all but a handful of state legislatures currently in session, several trends have emerged for 2026. While we cannot know which of these will ultimately be enacted, certain themes stand out from the crowd. Read More |
Washington Updates Paid Family and Medical Leave Premium Split to Align with Federal Tax GuidanceOn March 11, 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed Second Substitute House Bill 2345 (HB 2345). The new law revises how the Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) premium requirements are allocated between employers and employees to address Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance. The bill does not change the total PFML premium amount. Instead, it adjusts how the premium is split between medical leave and family leave for employers participating in the state program. Read More |
Third Circuit Ames to Level Playing Field for Reverse Discrimination Claimants under New Jersey’s Law Against DiscriminationThe Third Circuit in Massey v. Borough of Bergenfield rejected the heightened evidentiary burden imposed on majority-group plaintiffs under the background circumstances rule as incompatible with the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. If adopted by the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Third Circuit’s decision will result in a single standard for proving employment discrimination in both traditional and so-called “reverse” discrimination cases. Read More |
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Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo
California has strict rules that apply to payment of final wages to separating employees. Failure to timely pay final wages to an employee will…
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FBT Gibbons LLP
Nippon Life Insurance Company recently filed a lawsuit that raises a timely question that many employers and their counsel are already grappling…
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Jackson Lewis PC
On March 12, 2026, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced new appointments to the Advisory Committee on Construction…
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UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
If you are looking for CLE, please locate the CLE sign-in sheet in the Materials & Links section. Then follow the directions. This program is…
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington’s House Bill 1155 bans noncompetition agreements for all workers in the state, effective June 30, 2027. This law not only voids existing…
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Littler Mendelson PC
Recent Massachusetts case law confirms that Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) obligations run only to the employer entity, not to…
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Littler Mendelson PC
The Chicago Office of Labor Standards (OLS) has proposed changes to the rules implementing the city’s Fair Workweek Ordinance. The Ordinance
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