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Every June, we see rainbows appear on company logos and social media feeds. But if we’re honest, Pride Month shouldn’t just be a marketing campaign or a once-a-year event. For companies that are serious about growth, reten…

As we know, federal law prohibits employers from taking what the law calls an adverse employment action – some kind of negative action – against an employee for her religious beliefs, even when those beliefs co…

Federal Enforcement Paused – But Don’t Get Comfortable On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-1, directing its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigators not to a…

As we recently discussed, President Trump has signed many Executive Orders (EOs). They are designed to swiftly administer changes that the Trump Administration wanted immediately to go into effect. Several EOs have targete…

On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, which set out as the Administration’s policy a goal: to eliminate the use of di…

New York Court of Appeals Expands Liability for Animal Attacks  In a major decision reshaping personal injury law in New York, the New York State Court of Appeals (which is the State’s highest court) issued a ruling on Apr…

A chronic challenge is ensuring you and your payroll company calculate compensation correctly, especially for non-exempt employees. Companies run into sometimes-difficult hurdles when non-exempt, also known as hourly, empl…

In the day-to-day chaos of running a business – managing employees, meeting payroll, juggling clients, delivery hiccups and other deadlines – it’s easy to take for granted the legal system that underpins everyt…

As discussed previously, in May 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a regulation that would ban non-compete clauses for any employee who isn’t a senior executive. Later, in August 2024, the proposed FT…

We hear an awful lot of questions about paying workers for their travel. So we thought that addressing the questions in a blog with some practical examples would be useful to our readers. In general, employees must be comp…