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The Summer the DOL Turned Deregulatory: Hot Workplace Changes Employers Should Know About
By Colby Berman
This summer, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) came in hot, making — and proposing to make — changes to workplace rules that could affect employers of all industries. The…
Class Action Defense Blog
Illinois Federal Court Allows FLSA Collective Action To Proceed In Misclassification Case
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Gregory Tsonis, and Christian J. Palacios Duane Morris Takeaways: On August 22, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelley for the Northern District of Illinois ruled…
Labor & Employment Insights
The ABCs of CBD? Kind of… 8th Circuit Affirms Termination of Employee Failing Drug Test for Hemp Pain Oil
By Anne R. Yuengert, J. William Manuel
You want a safe workplace and have adopted a Drug Free Workplace policy. You may even have government contracts that require you to drug test your employees. How does the…
Labor & Employment Insights
Back to the Exemptions? Possible Changes to Home Health and Personal Care Worker Wage Regulations
By Lily Rucker Othmer, Anne R. Yuengert
Are home health and personal care workers eligible for overtime? That is a more complicated question than it first appears. In fact, it could be about to change again as…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 18, 2025 to August 22, 2025
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
States Redraw the Rules on Child Labor
By By: Leigh N. Ganchan, Christopher W. Olmsted
Quick Hits In California, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, and Virginia, child labor laws have changed this year. Some state laws limit the hours minors can work or the jobs they can…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOL Proposes Rule to Return Home Healthcare Agency Workers to FLSA Exempt Status
Quick Hits The Wage and Hour Division is proposing to broaden its definition of companionship services to allow third-party employers to claim the exemption for their employees providing such services…
Class Action Defense Blog
You’ve Got Mail But Not Class Certification
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Shannon Noelle, and Ryan Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: In a recent opinion in Fischbein v. IQVIA Inc., Case No. 19-CV-5365 (E.D. Pa. June 5, 2025),…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 114: Seventh Circuit Adopts Higher Standard For Certifying Collective Actions
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associates George Schaller and Ryan Garippo with their discussion of a…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Maine Law Requires Employee Compensation When Employers Cancel or Shorten Shifts
Quick Hits A new law in Maine requires certain employers to pay workers who report to work but have their shift cancelled or shortened. The law will take effect on…