Monthly Archives: November 2025

Applies to: All Employers Effective: As Indicated Quick Look The OBBB introduces new tax deductions for tips and overtime, but implementation remains complex and partially unresolved. IRS Notice 2025-62 provides temporary penalty relief for TY 2025, giving employers time to prepare for new reporting requirements. DISCUSSION Earlier this year, Congress enacted the One, Big, Beautiful

Applies to: All Employers Effective: As Indicated Quick Look On October 20, 2025, USCIS has issued guidance on the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee implemented under the presidential proclamation Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers. Effective October 30, 2025, DHS ended automatic extension of EADs for most categories for renewal applicants. DISCUSSION The U.S.

Applies to: As Indicated Effective: October 18, 2025 Quick Look President Trump’s Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring Executive Order indefinitely extends the federal civilian hiring freeze and imposes new oversight and planning requirements for agency hiring. Under the EO, federal agencies must form Strategic Hiring Committees and submit annual and quarterly staffing plans to

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in KY, LA, MI, MS, OH, TN, and TX Effective: As Indicated Quick Look The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that the NLRB “lacks statutory authority to award full compensatory damages.” The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said that the NLRB lacked authority to award “direct or foreseeable

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in DE, NJ and PA Effective: October 16, 2025 Quick Look The Third Circuit ruled that unasserted FLSA claims can be released through a Rule 23 opt-out class settlement, even if employees did not affirmatively opt in. This decision gives employers in the Third Circuit greater flexibility in resolving

Applies to: All Employers with Independent Contractors in AL, FL, and GA Effective: October 16, 2025 Quick Look On October 16, 2025, in Galarza v. One Call Claims, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a business classifying workers as independent contractors does not matter where the economic reality clearly demonstrates an employment relationship.

Applies to: Private Employers with Employees in CA Effective: September 30, 2025 Quick Look Employees may sue for wrongful termination if an employer mandates taking a polygraph test as a condition of employment. DISCUSSION In McDoniel v. Kavry Management, LLC, the California Court of Appeals said that an employer may be liable for wrongful termination

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in MA Effective: October 22, 2025 Quick Look The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court  ruled that retention bonuses are not “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act and are therefore not subject to its strict payment timing rules. DISCUSSION On October 22, 2025, in Nunez v. Syncsort Incorporated, the Massachusetts

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in New York, NY Effective: Pending Quick Look On October 9, 2025, the New York City Council passed a bill that would require employers with 200 or more employees to submit pay data reporting and a bill to require the City to conduct pay equity analysis of these reports.

Applies to: Employers with 15+ Employees in Columbus, OH Effective: December 5, 2025 Quick Look Columbus Ordinance No. 2898-2025 will implement new pay transparency requirements for employers, but enforcement will be delayed until January 1, 2027. Employers must include a reasonable salary range or scale in job postings. DISCUSSION Columbus Ordinance No. 2898-2025 will implement