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Q If an employee works several days a week in one state and then several days in another state, which state’s employment laws apply? How must we evaluate multistate work arrangements? There is no one clear answer to...

Current federal immigration policies are creating vulnerabilities across the food supply chain. When skilled workers are pushed out by worksite raids and fear of deportation, the consequences compound to create higher...

A federal court rejected a challenge to Executive Order (EO) 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.” The court concluded the EO’s prohibition targets only unlawful intentional discrimination and...

On February 9, 2026, Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill (LB) 258, amending Nebraska’s Wage and Hour Act. The legislation was intended to provide employers with greater predictability when budgeting labor costs...

A jury in Michigan recently awarded a Black television minister $9.2 million in compensatory damages and $51 million in punitive damages against his employer, television broadcaster The Word Network, Church of the Word...

Employers of tipped workers no longer need to track how much time servers, bartenders, and similar staff spend on side work to keep their tip credit, according to a field assistance bulletin issued by the U.S. Department...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed virtually every aspect of modern business. Correspondence can be drafted in a fraction of the time it used to take, and other tasks that previously required hours (if not days) of...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently reaffirmed that although employees have the right to engage in protected concerted activity, that right doesn’t give them a free pass to engage in workplace misconduct...

In August 2026, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to employers in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia) issued an opinion addressing the extent to which employers...

Among the new Maryland statutes that took effect on October 1 is the Maryland Worker Freedom Act. The new law prohibits employers from taking action against employees who refuse to attend or participate in workplace...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of everyday business operations. Companies increasingly rely on AI-powered tools to screen job applicants, evaluate creditworthiness, interact with customers, and...

More and more, companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor employee activity, and it’s causing, shall we say, some concern. AI monitoring U.S. fast food and U.K. call centers For example, earlier this...

Q If we require employees to use their personal vehicle for work, are we legally obligated to reimburse them for mileage or other vehicle-related expenses even if their pay wouldn’t fall below the minimum wage if we didn...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is once again preparing to dispose of older E-Verify records effective January 8, 2027. Employers using E-Verify need to add this deadline to their calendars and take...

We frequently get questions about how to conduct a proper investigation of a claim of workplace discrimination or harassment. Of course, we have suggestions (basing questioning around the five Ws: who, what, when, where...