News & Analysis

This Insight provides a forecast of what employers can expect from the 118th Congress and the administration regarding labor and employment policy.

Paid Family Medical Leave Laws may appear very similar to the federal Family Medical Leave Act, but there are also some very important distinctions.

To be exempt from collecting and remitting contribution payments beginning on January 1, 2023 to Oregon’s new paid family medical leave program, employers must submit certain forms by November 30, 2022.

A customer claiming to have a medical condition wanted to use our private employee restroom. Must we allow this?

2022 is coming to a close, and the new year will be here before we know it. Which new employment laws will take effect on January 1, 2023?

A number of employees in several of our stores have requested not to work on various days for religious observances. We have tried to accommodate them, but it’s not always possible. What are our obligations?

On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed AB 1949, which creates protected bereavement leave under the California Government Code.

California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace.

California’s governor has signed AB 1041, which, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, expands the definition of a “family member” under the California Family Rights Act and California’s Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act to include a “designated person.”

This Littler Lightbulb sheds some light on issues employers should keep in mind as we approach the November 8 mid-term elections.