Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS The Biden DOL Seeks to Overturn Employer-Friendly Final Rules on Independent Contractor and Joint Employment Status Continuing its [...]

Several recent cases offer employers some tips on trade secret issues – both in terms of protecting those trade secrets and, if necessary, in filing suit for breach of those trade secrets under [...]

Maryland’s intermediate appellate court held that it is unnecessary for the State to specifically express that it has adopted an amendment to a federal statute where the General Assembly has [...]

No liability for a hostile work environment will be found if an employee fails to give the employer a reasonable time to address a complaint of harassment. Under Title VII, an employer will be [...]

While most equal pay cases involve starting pay and annual salary increases, a recent case focuses on another compensation practice used by many employers – retention raises – and their possible [...]

And, moreover, they cannot insist that their employers communicate only through the employee’s attorney. These were the lessons from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a recent [...]

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act does circumscribe an employer’s ability to make medical inquiries, employers may still ask questions about an employee’s health as long as such [...]

Some disabilities may prevent employees from showing up regularly for work. According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, that may mean the employee is not qualified for the [...]

So asserted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in rejecting a female police officer’s claim of same-sex harassment, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton [...]

This past month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a new national emphasis program and an Updated Interim Enforcement Plan as part of its efforts to address workplace [...]