By: Alex Hains Effective August 1, 2026, Louisiana employers in retail, food service, and other customer-facing industries will have new obligations under the Louisiana Behind the Counter Protection Act. The legislation was enacted in response to increasing incidents of violence directed at employees who regularly interact with the public at checkout stations, service counters, drive-through … Continue reading Louisiana’s New Behind the Counter Protection Act Expands Workplace Violence Protections
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Louisiana’s New Physician Non-Compete Law Could Invalidate Existing Agreements
By: Jude C. Bursavich Louisiana employers who rely on physician non-compete agreements should review those agreements immediately. Changes to Louisiana law that became effective January 1, 2025, may render many existing physician non-compete agreements unenforceable because they do not comply with the statute’s new limitations. As a result, employers should consider updating their agreements to … Continue reading Louisiana’s New Physician Non-Compete Law Could Invalidate Existing Agreements
Your AI-Generated Employee Handbook May Be Your Biggest Legal Liability
By: Philip Giorlando Artificial intelligence tools have become genuinely useful for many business functions, such as drafting basic correspondence, summarizing documents, and organizing information. It's natural that business owners have started turning to these same tools to generate employee handbooks and workplace policies. The appeal is obvious: AI is fast, cheap, and creates reasonably polished … Continue reading Your AI-Generated Employee Handbook May Be Your Biggest Legal Liability
Navigating PUMP Act for Employers
By: Rachael Jeanfreau and Kenneth J. Nilsson Since its passage, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act has expanded workplace protections for nursing mothers; however, many employers still struggle with compliance. Under the Federal Wage and Hour law, the PUMP Act protects a covered mother’s right to take “a reasonable break time … Continue reading Navigating PUMP Act for Employers
DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule Under the FLSA, FMLA, and MSPA
By: Philip Giorlando On April 22, 2026, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division released a proposed rule establishing a joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. This proposed rule is an effort to re-create the more … Continue reading DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule Under the FLSA, FMLA, and MSPA
Google Set to Challenge NLRB’s Joint Employer Ruling
By: Rachael Jeanfreau and Kenneth Nilsson Many employers, including tech companies such as Google, rely on third-party staffing agencies to help run daily operations. The constant friction created by this practice is whether these workers are only employees of the staffing agency, or are they also jointly employed by the other business, in this case … Continue reading Google Set to Challenge NLRB’s Joint Employer Ruling
Faith, AI, and the Workplace After Groff v. DeJoy
By: Scott D. Wilson The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into the workplace is creating a novel and increasingly complex legal issue for employers: how to address employees’ requests for religious accommodation that seek exemptions from using AI-enabled technologies. Labor attorneys and legal scholars caution that such requests must be taken seriously, particularly in light … Continue reading Faith, AI, and the Workplace After Groff v. DeJoy
New Overtime Tax Deduction Creates Unexpected Compliance Risk for Employers
By: Philip Giorlando The "no tax on overtime" provisions enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill, effective for tax years 2025 through 2028, are widely understood as a benefit for hourly workers. What has received far less attention is the unintended compliance consequence for employers: the new law creates a direct channel through … Continue reading New Overtime Tax Deduction Creates Unexpected Compliance Risk for Employers
NLRB Increases Early-Stage Scrutiny of Unfair Labor Practice Charges Hopefully Reducing Baseless Charges
By: Fred Preis and Philip Giorlando The National Labor Relations Board has implemented a new intake protocol that significantly changes how unfair labor practice charges are processed. The protocol should assist employers who are typically the Charged Party in most NLRB cases. Designed to address severe charge backlogs, the new protocols will delay and potentially … Continue reading NLRB Increases Early-Stage Scrutiny of Unfair Labor Practice Charges Hopefully Reducing Baseless Charges
NLRB Operations Resume After Swearing-In Delay
By: Philip Giorlando and Fred Preis As we highlighted last month here, the National Labor Relations Board has two new members, finally providing the Board with a three-person quorum to address the massive backlog and make progress toward reversing some Biden-era precedent that overturned centuries of NLRB law. Nearly three weeks after Senate confirmation, the National … Continue reading NLRB Operations Resume After Swearing-In Delay
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