Saturday, July 4, 2026Labor & Employment Law
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Labor Law - NLRB
FLCA Advancing in Congress and NLRB Nomination Moving Forward
Labor Law - NLRB
HR Headlines
What a $25 Federal Minimum Wage Would Mean Under the New Bill Proposed in Congress Investopedia
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EEOC, Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to the U.S. Congress EEOC Office of Inspector General (.gov)
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The trust fund for the program, which supports roughly 68 million Americans, is on schedule to be depleted in the next six years. Benefits could be cut on average by 22 percent.
OSHA - Mining
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 Congressional Budget Justification , the agency’s proposed budget, to the U.S. Congress, providing insight into its priorities for the coming year.
HR - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
On March 20, 2026, the White House released its long-awaited policy framework for governing the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technology. While not breaking new ground, the framework outlines the Trump administration’s legislative recommendations t
Federal Gov't - General
Government shutdowns can throw a wrench into the gears of even the most well-oiled contracting operations. When Congress and the president fail to pass a funding bill, the resulting lapse in appropriations can halt nonessential federal activities, leaving contractors in a precarious position. But fe
Federal Gov't - General
Congress Faces Government Funding Deadline While Winter Storm Looms. The November 2025 legislative deal that ended the record-breaking forty-three–day federal government shutdown expires one week from today—January 30, 2026. The good news is that lawmakers are not signaling much of a desire for anot
HR - Hospitality Industry
The U.S. Congress made waves this year after enacting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act), which provides no tax on tips (or overtime) through 2028. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) subsequently issued guidance on the OBBB Act, and while some questions remain unanswered, the new law only fur
Benefits - ACA
Enhanced subsidies for individual health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are set to expire on December 31, 2025, unless the U.S. Congress agrees to retain them. This change could make recruiting and retention more difficult in 2026 for employers filling jobs that do not come with emplo
Labor Law - General
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that Congress may not constitutionally restrict the president’s ability to remove members of the National Labor Relations Board without cause. Wilcox v. Trump, et al., No. 25-5057 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 5, 2025).
OSHA - General
The Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC , Nos. 24-3133/3206/3252 (August 13, 2025), offers a powerful road map for agencies looking to regulate after Congress has used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to strike down prior rules. For the Occupational Safety and Health
Immigration - General
A government shutdown may occur if the U.S. Congress does not pass a continuing resolution by September 30, 2025. The shutdown would impact certain immigration-related services and operations. Below is an overview of the potential impacts as well as some strategies to consider in the event of a gove
OSHA - General
On July 16, 2025, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the “Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025” ( S.2298 )—also known as the “Heat Illness Prevention Act of 2025” (HIPA)—to direct the secretary of labor “to promulgate an occupational safety and health
FLSA - Overtime, General
One of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign messages was a promise to implement a no-tax-on-tips and no-tax-on-overtime law. On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and President Trump signed the bill into law on July 4. The White House offers a calculator for emplo
FLSA - Overtime, General
What Employers Need to Know About No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R.1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” ending a dramatic journey through Congress that dominated headlines in recent weeks. President Donald J. Trump
OSHA - General
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on May 21, 2025, seeks to significantly expand the scope of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) by extending its protections to public employees at the federal, state, and local levels. The bill, titled the “ Public Service Worker Protection
FLSA - Overtime, General
TakeawaysThe House and Senate bills differ in key ways, including that while the House bill would provide a deduction on tips and overtime earnings, the Senate bill provides a deduction for tips only.It remains to be seen which measures will pass in Congress. President Trump is expected to sign a bi
Federal Gov't - General
Enacted as part of the recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the U.S. Congress established a significant new fraud enforcement mechanism, called the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), which empowers federal agencies to investigate and adjudicate more fraud cases involving false clai
OSHA - General
U.S. Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) first introduced the “Nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act” or “NOSHA Act” in November 2021, legislation aimed at abolishing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). His justification for filing the bill was that OSHA wa
Benefits - General
After Congress declined to extend certain relief allowing first-dollar coverage of telehealth services by high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), health plan sponsors may need to make immediate changes to preserve employees’ health savings account (HSA) eligibility.
Benefits - ACA
Congress recently passed the Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (the Acts), which are now awaiting President
California - General
The SECURE Act/SECURE Act 2.0 In 2019, the federal Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was passed with the purpose of helping employees save for retirement. In 2022, Congress amended the law to
HR - Privacy & Surveillance
The Loper Bright decision could challenge Congress in passing particular and forward-thinking data privacy and security laws.
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
On February 27, 2024, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) against the State of Texas, holding that the U.S. Congress passed the law—part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023—in violat
Texas
Congress improperly passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal court in Texas has ruled. State of Texas v. Department of Justice et al. , No. 5:23-cv-00034 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 27, 2024). The court permanently enjoined the Equal Emplo
Federal Gov't - General
House and Senate Absent From D.C. While Shutdown Looms. The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are out this week, and we are once again on the verge of a (partial) government shutdown. If a deal—likely a fourth continuing resolution—isn’t agreed to next week upon the U.S. Congress’s retur
HR - Education Industry
Although most Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) laws exist at the state level, Congress is weighing several competing bills that seek to create uniform regulations across the country. These proposals have unique aspects that institutions and businesses interested in entering NIL endorsement deals shou
Immigration - Visas
Congress has approved an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for fiscal year 2024, supplementing the 66,000 available annually. As in prior years, restrictions will apply. A temporary final rule has been published in the Federal Register setting out the procedures involved. H-2B visas for temporary, season
Immigration - General
The current administration and multiple members of Congress seek to grant protections to H-2B non-agricultural temporary workers who are employed in the United States to fill temporary labor shortages in the U.S. market. Multiple bills have been introduced in both the Senate and House of Representat
HR - General
On September 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law stopgap funding legislation that temporarily averted a government shutdown. The legislation, which passed the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support and extended funding for the federal government for a period of forty-five days, will keep th
Immigration - General
By September 30, 2023, Congress will again have to fund the government. Despite ongoing efforts by the administration and Congress, indications are that a shutdown may occur at the beginning of the fiscal year, on October 1. Should a shutdown occur, it will affect a number of immigration- and visa-r
Federal Gov't - DOL
On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released their annual report to the U.S. Congress regarding group health plans’ and insurance carriers’ compliance with the Mental Health Parity and A
Benefits - Multi-Employer Plans
The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1974 (MPPAA) was enacted purposefully by Congress to seize moneys from contributing employers to fund multiemployer defined benefit pension funds regardless of the employers’ culpability for the underfunding of those plans. However, the construction i
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
Today has arrived. Though several states beat Congress to the punch, as of today, employers are required under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are limited from working due to pregnancy and childbirth. I provide an overview of the PWFA be
Immigration - Visas
The Department of State has delayed the effective date of the increase in consular fees from May 30, 2023, to June 17, 2023 (to provide a 60-day delay after the final rule was received by Congress). The most relevant fee increases remain : Visa TypeCurrent FeeRevised FeeNon-petition-based nonimmigra
Immigration - Visas
Since the implementation of the H-1B cap registration process in 2020, there has been an exceedingly high demand for H-1Bs, resulting in registrations that far outnumber the H-1B supply made available by the U.S. Congress. Due to the increasingly difficult odds of selection for an H-1B in the lotter
HR - General
New proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would require all employers nationwide – regardless of size or number of employees – to include the wage range in all job postings, provide wage ranges to applicants, and provide wage ranges to existing employees for their positions. Repr
FLSA - General
With states and municipalities across the country enacting pay transparency laws, a bill was recently introduced in Congress that would require disclosure of pay ranges nationwide to address concerns with pay equity. On March 14, 2023, United States Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introd
Restrictive Covenants
The U.S. Congress has joined a growing number of state legislatures and the Federal Trade Commission in seeking to curtail—or altogether end—the use of noncompetition agreements in the employment context. The newly introduced Workforce Mobility Act of 2023 would, for the most part, ban employers’ us
HR - Hiring Process
FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act loosens restrictions on hiring those with criminal records at FDIC-member banks and NCUA-insured credit unions. Sections 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and 205(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act should no longer be relied upon as a basis to automat
HR - General
Included in the defense spending bill signed by President Biden in December 2022 is a section with key provisions for financial institutions that will ease restrictions on hiring candidates with criminal records. Section 5705 in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023, tit
Benefits - Retirees
After months of suspense and intrigue on whether SECURE 2.0 would make it to the finish line and become law, the U.S. Congress ended the suspense by attaching SECURE 2.0 to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 funding bill on December 23, 2022. President Biden made it official on December 29,
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed an omnibus spending bill which includes the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [1] (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protection for Nursing Mothers Act [2] (PUMP), two new laws that enhance and protect the rights of pregnant and nursing employees.
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
As 2022 came to a close, President Biden signed the 2023 omnibus government funding bill. Included in the bill—with bipartisan support—are two provisions that expand protections for pregnant and nursing employees.
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
On December 22, 2022, the 117th Congress passed with bipartisan support an omnibus spending bill, which includes two measures that expand rights for pregnant and nursing workers: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act)
Sex Discrimination - Orientation And Identity
On December 13, 2022, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 8404, known as the Respect for Marriage Act, into law, guaranteeing marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples under federal law. The law passed both houses of the U.S. Congress with bipartisan support, and the signing took place two
Immigration - Visas
Portugal is designated an E-1/E-2 treaty country in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7776/NDAA) passed by Congress on December 15, 2022. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill, providing Portuguese nationals E-1 and E-2 visa eligibility. E-1
HR - Arbitration Issues
Amidst the flurry of activity taking place before the end of the 117th U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives quietly passed the Speak Out Act on November 16, 2022, by an overwhelming majority. The bill previously passed the U.S. Senate in September and President Biden signed it into law