Monthly Archives: August 2025

Applies to: All Employers Receiving Federal Funding Effective: July 29, 2025 Quick Look In the July 29, 2025 memo Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination, the Department of Justice provided additional clarification on what constitutes unlawful discrimination in programs and initiatives of recipients of federal funding, with a particular focus on Diversity,

Applies to: All Employers Effective: As Indicated Quick Look As of July 1, 2025, the DOL has proposed over 60 regulatory rollbacks in response to a Trump Executive Order requiring agencies to eliminate 10 rules for every new one. Key proposals affect OSHA enforcement, in-home healthcare protections, H-2A visa worker rights, affirmative action for contractors

Applies to: All Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Effective: July 2, 2025 Quick Look On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer lifted the pause on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) enforcement actions. The effect of the Secretary’s Order 08-2025 is to resume enforcement activity against federal contractors and subcontractors

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in DE, NJ, PA, and U.S. Virgin Islands Effective: July 29, 2025 Quick Look In Sun Valley Orders, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) enforcement action against an agricultural employer under the H-2A nonimmigrant visa

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in DE, NJ, PA, and U.S. Virgin Islands Effective: June 23, 2025 Quick Look In Miller Plastic Products Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals adopted a totality of the evidence approach when determining whether an individual’s action qualifies as protected concerted activity under

Applies to: All Employers with 5+ Employees in CA Effective: October 1, 2025 Quick Look Regulations provide clarity on how existing anti-discrimination laws apply to the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions. Use of an automated-decision system may violate California law if it harms applicants or employees based on protected characteristics, such as gender,

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in CA Who are Subject to the CCPA Effective: As Indicated Quick Look On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) finalized regulations to address the use of automated decision-making technology (ADMT) in employment decisions. ADMT refers to any technology that processes personal information and uses computation

Applies to: Employers with 51+ Employees in IL Effective: August 1, 2025 Quick Look Effective August 1, 2025, SB 220 amends the Illinois Military Leave Act to provide eligible employees with up to 40 hours of paid leave for serving on a funeral honors detail. DISCUSSION Effective August 1, 2025, SB 220 amends the Illinois

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in KS Effective: July 1, 2025 Quick Look SB 241 provides new enforceability presumptions and mandates judicial modification of overly broad restrictive covenants and agreements. DISCUSSION As of July 1, 2025, SB 241 amends Kansas’ Restraint of Trade Act to provide clearer standards for enforceability and to reduce the

Applies to: As Indicated Effective: As Indicated Quick Look Effective June 24, 2025, SP 282 requires employers with 10 or more employees to pay employees if the employee reports to work at the request of an employer and the employer cancels or reduces the number of hours in the employee’s scheduled shift. On July 3,