With wage transparency at the center of global employment policy, this article provides a brief roundup of the pay transparency laws taking effect this year.
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week.
An Ontario court recently found that the employers “by their correspondence and actions” repudiated the employee’s employment agreement when they terminated his employment and failed to meet their obligation to pay him the contractual severance.
The 2025 Ontario provincial election will take place on February 27, 2025. Voters will elect their Member of Provincial Parliament to represent them at Queen’s Park.
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowan rescinded several previously issued memos, including two related to restrictive covenants.
A new Civilian Agency Acquisition Council letter authorizes executive agencies to deviate from existing provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and procurement practices in order to implement Executive Order 14173.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that an arbitration provision in a plaintiff’s employment contract is binding and enforceable, even if the employer did not explain the provision or recommend the employee seek legal advice.
On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a “Dear Colleague” Letter (DCL) and emailed it to K-12 and post-secondary educational institutions around the country.
The OCA recently dismissed an employer’s appeal of the motion judge’s order that an employee was entitled to $1.8 million in damages for unpaid vacation, bonuses, and stock options.
