Now is the time for employers to ensure they have policies and practices in place to document their legitimate business reasons for any adverse employment decisions.
This Alert discusses six important lessons learned for HR and employment lawyers based on a new decision by Magistrate Judge Little of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
When the United States Supreme Court junked the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine this past term in its Loper Bright decision, many in the legal community were wondering what the fallout would look like. Loper Bright liberated courts to freshly interpret statutes and eschew deference to agency interpretations, setting the stage for a flood of rulings invalidating regulations across the administrative state. A prime candidate for attack: the Department of Labor’s “Minimum Salary Rule.”
Since 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been focused on heat-related hazards and possible heat-related injuries and illnesses in indoor and outdoor workplaces. OSHA recently proposed workplace regulations designed to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and fatalities, specifically.
Read on for tips to mitigate risk and make sure you are not caught unprepared.
Private employers in Texas cannot require applicants, contractors, or employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
On June 18, 2024, the final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will become effective.
The 10th Circuit decision offers lessons for employers who receive a request for leave of absence as a reasonable accommodation.
