It is well known that, unless you enjoy riling people up, there is a list of topics not to discuss in polite company that includes politics, religion, and finances. Within the last 6 years, remote work has been added to that list. There are proponent…
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Handbooks. If you’ve ever worked for a company, chances are you’ve been handed one of these. They can run from a few pages to several hundred, often contain inexplicable passages of dense legalese, and are generally skimmed through briefl…
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently announced several changes under the leadership of Acting Chair Andrea Lucas. These actions are part of an effort to refocus the agency’s mission on protecting women from sexua…
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On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officially filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, challenging a district court ruling that struck down the agency’s proposed ban on most noncompete agreements. Thi…
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Maryland Wage Range Transparency Act: What Employers Need to Know and Do Now By Luchansky Law Maryland’s Wage Range Transparency Act took effect on October 1, 2024, expanding the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work law. This law mandates employers t…
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a rule to increase the number of workers who have received a COVID-19 vaccination. Consistent with that direction, OSHA developed an Em…
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a rule to increase the number of workers who have received a COVID-19 vaccination. Consistent with that direction, OSHA developed an Em…
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Nearly four months ago, President Biden issued an executive order in which he urged the Federal Trade Commission to explore enacting rules to curtail the use of non-competes and other agreements that impede worker mobility. In the days and weeks that…
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Many employers are being inundated with employee requests for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. Employers who are evaluating religious exemption requests must take a nuanced approach or risk violating federal anti-discrimination statutes, suc…
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Prior to the pandemic, for most employers, children going back to school was a cause forcelebration. With children on a regular routine, working parents’ availability became moreroutine and, outside of holiday periods with school closures, fewer va…
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