Labor & Employment Non-Competes Where Are We Now? Amy Shulman and Lauren Diner Worker advocates hailed the proposed rule as necessary to ensure that workers can leave their jobs for better or even comparable opportunities, while employers strenuously opposed it.
Labor & Employment Political Parties and Working Americans Is There Anything New Here? Mark Risk Are the Democratic and Republican parties competing more vigorously for the support of working Americans and their families? Can the Republicans become the party of the working class?
Labor & Employment When “Or Else” Becomes Illegal: A Guide to Workplace Threats Times Wang The forced labor section of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act makes it unlawful when someone knowingly obtains the labor or services of a person by means of serious harm or threats of serious harm to that person or another person.
Labor & Employment Let’s Be Transparent: Pay Transparency Laws in New York and Beyond Rick Reyes In recent years, there has been a large uptick in labor and employment laws ranging from paid sick leave, pregnancy accommodation, and wage and hour requirements and regulations.
Labor & Employment The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Acting under Loper Bright, Invalidates DOL Tip Rule Adrienne Wood and Nick Cotton The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Rest. Law Ctr. v. United States DOL, 115 F.4th 396 (5th Cir. 2024), struck down the Department of Labor’s final rule that restricts when employers can claim a “tip credit” for “tipped employees.”
Labor & Employment What to Expect with Trump 2.0 Workplace Enforcement Jonathan A. Grode and Joshua H Rolf Unlike his first term, President Trump will enter office having won the popular vote and with Republican majorities in both the House of Representatives and Senate.
