Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Electronic Posting of Required Workplace Notices? The DOL Provides Guidance In our “new normal,” the U.S. Department of Labor is [...]

Although the federal minimum wage remains $7.25, most states in the mid-Atlantic region have implemented higher minimum wage rates. Several of them increase on January 1, 2021, as noted below. [...]

A federal district court in California has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that prevents the OFCCP from enforcing President Trump’s Executive Order on “divisive” training by government [...]

In December 2020, the Baltimore City Council passed laws that impose reinstatement and retention obligations for commercial property (janitorial, maintenance and security employees only), event [...]

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption final rule, which becomes effective on [...]

In December 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took several actions of (more or less) interest to employers: Opinion Letter Requests. The EEOC announced a new process for [...]

Reinforcing a perhaps obvious point, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently reiterated that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the employer need provide only [...]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit provided guidance to employers on the parameters of lawful questioning of employees during a work stoppage. In Time Warner Cable of New York City [...]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (which covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas) held that automatic gratuities or service charges are not tips, but may be [...]

An employee’s claim of retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act was supported by the suspect timing of her employer’s performance management activities following her notice to [...]