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What You Need To Know About California's New Workplace Know Your Rights Act

As we wrote in our previous client alert on new California employment laws, California's newly enacted Workplace Know Your Rights Act (Senate Bill 294) (the "Act") imposes new notice and recordkeeping obligations on California employers with approaching deadlines.

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Employer Compliance Update: Qualified Overtime And Tip Reporting After The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. While its reach is broad, this article covers new employer tax reporting obligations.

United States Employment

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Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation

Navigating 2026: Pay Transparency Laws And Employer Obligations

Pay transparency laws continue to expand nationwide, with numerous states and local jurisdictions requiring pay range disclosures.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

9th Circuit Finds DHS Overstepped In Terminating TPS

The three-judge panel held that Noem's actions were unlawful as her determination that each country no longer continues to meet the conditions for TPS designation was not reached in accordance with procedures established by Congress under the relevant TPS statue (8 U.S.C. § 1254a).

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Policy Week In Review – January 30, 2026

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Suit Against Beer Maker Challenges Sufficiency Of 'Garden Leave' Payment Alternative

United States Employment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

How Government Shutdowns Disrupt False Claims Act And Whistleblower Enforcement

United States Employment

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Miller Shah

EEOC Rescinds 2024 Enforcement Guidance On Harassment In The Workplace, What's Next?

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

U.S. Department Of Labor AMICUS Briefs Support Curbing Wave Of ERISA Litigation

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Single Sex Spaces In Peggie/Fife Health Board And Employment News Roundup

United States Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

ERISA Litigation Enters The Voluntary Benefits Sphere

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOL Proposes Sweeping New Disclosure Rules For Pharmacy Benefit Managers

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

New Jersey Expands Family Leave Act Coverage

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

DOJ Challenges Minnesota's Affirmative Action Hiring Program

United States Employment

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Polsinelli LLP

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The Trump Gold Card And Proposed Trump Platinum Card: Legal, Practical, Tax, And Economic Considerations For High-Net-Worth Immigrants

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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Evolving Challenges In Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies And Legal Trends (Podcast)

United States Employment

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JAMS

Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Update On The Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent With Employers On Reporting Requirements

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Return To Office, Return To Risk – Lessons From Global Affairs Canada

Remote work was supposed to be the pandemic's one dependable souvenir. Instead, for Global Affairs Canada, it has turned into a live demonstration of how yesterday's flexibility can become today's operational migraine.

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Silence Is Golden: Case Dismissal Affirmed Under Five-year Rule Because Defendants Need Not Object To An Untimely Trial Date

There is truth to the proverb that "a closed mouth catches no flies." In Randolph v. Trustees of the California State University, 3rd App. Dist. C102901 (Jan. 15, 2026)...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dishonesty At The Top: Alberta Court Confirms After-Acquired Cause Can Justify Termination For Cause

The Alberta Court of King's Bench has released a detailed and instructive decision on after-acquired cause, employee dishonesty and proportionality...

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Privy Council Affirms Exclusion Of Charitable Employees From Cayman Unfair Dismissal Regime: An Overview Of Attorney General Of The Cayman Islands And Another (Respondents) V. Shelliann Bush (Appellant) [2025] UKPC 39

Cayman Islands Employment

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HSM Chambers

2026 California Employment Law Updates: What Employers And Employees Should Know

United States Employment

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Madison Law

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Bangladesh Employment

The Legal Circle

Alternative Investments: Approach With Caution, For Now...

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Guide To Workplace Investigations In Bermuda (International Employment Lawyer)

Bermuda Employment

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Carey Olsen

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Canada Employment

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Cassels

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

SECURE 2.0: Key Provisions And Tax Planning Implications For American Retirees

SECURE 2.0 strengthens the U.S. retirement system by expanding contribution opportunities, increasing flexibility for savers, and imposing new compliance obligations.

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

ERISA Litigation Enters The Voluntary Benefits Sphere

As employers begin 2026, a new wave of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation is emerging involving voluntary products...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOL Proposes Sweeping New Disclosure Rules For Pharmacy Benefit Managers

On January 30, 2026, the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration published proposed regulations (408(b) rules) that would significantly increase transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and ...

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

100 Is The New 65: Why Lifetime Retirement Income Matters

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

DOL Proposes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Rule

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Sixth Circuit Implies New Requirements For Denial-of-Coverage Communications

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Tolley v. The King – When Taxpayer Relief, CPP Limitation Periods, And Procedural Finality Abandon Fairness Without A Remedy

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

A New Year And A New Wave Of ERISA Litigation

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

January 2026 Forfeiture Litigation Update

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

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Contract of Employment

'Be Prepared To Defend It' – FTC Signals More Aggressive Posture Toward Noncompete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a workshop on January 27, entitled, "Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements."

United States Anti-trust

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ArentFox Schiff

Duke University Settles Groundbreaking NIL Lawsuit Against Quarterback

Duke University settled its lawsuit against star quarterback Darian Mensah on January 27, slightly over a week after filing it. The swift settlement concluded a case that could have resolved fundamental legal questions...

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Sherrone Moore And The Mental Health Obligations Of Employers

I am an alumnus of the University of Michigan. My son is a junior there. My closest friends went to school in Ann Arbor. So did my father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law.

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

DOL Proposes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Rule

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Coaster Showdown: The Non-Compete Dilemma

United States Employment

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

Global Trade Secret Update: Key Developments In 2025

United States IP

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Jones Day

Global Employer Guide

Worldwide Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

Are Brand Ambassadors Really Independent Contractors?

United States Employment

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Polsinelli LLP

Successor Employer Liability For Common Law Notice In The Building Services Sector: Really?

Canada Employment

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

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Whistleblowing

How Government Shutdowns Disrupt False Claims Act And Whistleblower Enforcement

While government shutdowns temporarily affect the pace of whistleblower investigations, enforcement under the False Claims Act and related programs remain resilient.

United States Employment

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Miller Shah

Whistleblowing: Ensure Programs Are Fit For 2026

Whistleblowing regimes continue to develop across major markets, with new offenses, expanded protections, and regulator expectations converging on faster triage, anti‑retaliation, and high‑quality investigations and documentation.

United States Employment

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A&O Shearman

Navigating Evolving Guardrails For Internal Investigations

Those involved with internal investigations will continue to contend with a set of increasingly defined and evolving set of constraints in 2026...

Worldwide Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Key Takeaways From DOJ's FY 2025 False Claims Act Report

United States Criminal

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Wiley Rein

Federal Court Hears Arguments On Motion To Dismiss In Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Lawsuit

United States Healthcare

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Preventing False Claims Act Retaliation Claims: What Every Company Should Know — EnforceMintz

United States Employment

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Mintz

Georgia Tech Settles Cybersecurity Whistleblower Suit For $875K

United States Technology

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Hall Benefits Law

DOJ Record Year Of False Claims Act Enforcement Forecasts Even Greater Focus On The False Claims Act In 2026

United States Criminal

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Season 3 Episode 4- Trade, Tariffs, And Whistleblowers Part 2 (Podcast)

United States International

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Torres Trade Law, PLLC

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Latest Videos

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Understanding Employee Misclassification vs Proper Classification (Video)

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Miller Shah

VIDEO – DMCAR Trend #7: The Trump Administration's Policies Had A Profound Impact On Government Enforcement Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

Cultural Flashpoints Vidcast: Conversations That Matter (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

We Get AI For Work™: Analyzing "Brewer V. Otter.ai" — A Case Study Of The Legal Risks Of AI Note Takers (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Resolving Workplace Disputes (Video)

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Prowse Barrette

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