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What Employers Need to Know about the EEOC’s PWFA Final Rules: Part 3

Welcome back to the final chapter of our three-part series exploring the EEOC’s final PWFA rules. In Part One, we examined the pre-PWFA landscape and why the PWFA was passed. In Part Two, we explored critical definitions that will impact…

What Employers Need to Know about the EEOC’s PWFA Final Rules: Part 2

Welcome back to our three-part series exploring the EEOC’s final PWFA rules. In Part One, we examined the regulatory landscape as it existed before enacting the PWFA amendments to Title VII and why the PWFA was passed. In Part Two,…

Gavel to Gavel: OSHA Worker Walk-Around Final Rule

Under Section 8(e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), employees and employers are permitted to have a representative accompany OSHA Compliance Officers (“CSHOs”) during physical inspections of worksites as part of OSHA inspections. These physical inspections have…

Ransomware Attacks in Health Care System Should be a National Emergency

On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a medical payment processing company, fell victim to a ransomware attack that made a catastrophic impact on hospitals and pharmacies and their ability to process payments and insurance claims. In an op-ed for the…

Court Strikes Down NLRB’s Joint-Employer Standard – What’s Next for Employers?

On March 8, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the National Labor Relation Board’s newest joint-employer standard just three days before it was supposed to become effective. Had it become effective, the NLRB could…

The H-1B Visa Lottery: You Must Play to Win

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) has announced its H-1B visa lottery for Fiscal Year 2025. This year, the lottery will open on Wednesday March 6, 2024, at noon Eastern, and it will end on Friday, March 22,…

Employment Matters Vlog: Service Animals in the Workplace

Service animals should be approached and considered like any other reasonable accommodation, using the same means of discussion: the interactive process. In a recent vlog for the Employment Law Alliance, Labor & Employment Practice Group member Katie Campbell discusses the…

Service Animals in the Workplace

Last week, Michael W. Bowling shared a primer on the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the interactive process employers are expected to engage in with all employees who request an accommodation for a disability. As described in that advisory,…

Reconciling Osage Betrayal: Killers of the Flower Moon

Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group Chair Mike McBride recently authored an article for Human Rights Magazine, a publication from the American Bar Association’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. His article, “Reconciling Osage Betrayal: Killers of the Flower…

Gavel to Gavel: SCOTUS to Consider Abortion Access in Emergencies

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) overrides state abortion bans when a pregnant woman presents to an emergency department. Federal courts had reached conflicting decisions. The Biden administration takes…