Please join us as Labor & Employment attorneys Anna Maria Tejada and Zach Kimmel present during our four-part webinar series focused on the challenging labor and employment issues that HR professionals face in managing today’s workforce. This interactive and engaging series of discussions will……

In January 2021, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, which will, once effective, constitute one of the broadest statutory bans of non-compete agreements in the United States. Indeed, not only will the new law place a near-total ban on……

Earlier this year, the Trump Department of Labor issued a new rule regarding how to classify workers as either employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In May, the Biden DOL revoked this proposed rule and confirmed its position that worker classification under the……

A federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by an employee and his spouse seeking to hold his employer liable for both of them contracting COVID-19. The dismissal should bring comfort to employer anxiety over lawsuits by employees and their family members that seek damages for possibly……

On April 21, 2021, President Biden announced that new tax credits are available to small businesses under the American Rescue Plan to incentivize vaccinations and to promote employee health around the country.…

On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Employee Background Fairness Act, which bans the use of criminal convictions in employment actions in Illinois, with limited exceptions. The law, which we reported upon here after it was passed by the legislature, makes it a……

On March 31, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Cannabis/Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (the “Act”), which provides a framework for the state-sanctioned sale and use of cannabis for adult-use purposes (commonly referred to as “recreational use”). Included in the Act are provisions that……