HR Update: October 15th, 2026

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Mayer Brown
2026 has been a year of implementation. Reforms announced or enacted earlier, including the UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025, South Korea’s pension…
Epstein Becker Green
Effective December 13, 2026, New York State will require most private employers to stock their workplaces with opioid antagonists (antidotes), such…
Epstein Becker Green
On September 30, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined the Sixth and Ninth Circuits in their interpretation of the Ending…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
On September 15, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) risk management rule…
Venable LLP
Does your company’s health plan provide prescription drug coverage? If so, you have until October 15, 2026 to send a notice to individuals who are…
Lexology PRO
Ryan Kelly, Senior Legal Counsel at Bauer Media Group, shares how to fix exclusionary fast-paced culture, overreliance on visual presentations and “banter” culture in legal teams.
Greenberg Traurig
Many space and defense jobs require a federal security clearance. If the government denies, delays, or revokes a clearance, an employee may be unable…
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Recent federal court decisions have reinforced that Section 10(j) injunctions under the NLRA remain an extraordinary remedy and are not automatically…
Worklaw® Network
California’s 2026 legislative session produced fewer major employment bills than in recent years. Nevertheless, the laws that were enacted will…
Cyrus Mehta & Partners PLLC
Headlines: DHS Proposes $70,000 Fee for Optional Practical Training – The Department of Homeland Security announced a proposed rule that would…
Levy Employment Law LLC
The face of “affirmative action” further changed for federal government contractors as of September 21, 2026. Notwithstanding the elimination of…

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In July 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling in Mobley v. Workday, Inc., 740 F.Supp.3d 796…
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