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Recently, we discussed whether a miniature horse qualified as a service animal allowed to enter public accommodations under Title III of the Americans...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced plans to roll out a new whistleblower program later this year following a 90-day development...

We have all faced situations where a manager, coworker, or client calls or emails seeking a response outside of normal work hours. While most of us...

Most affected employers understand their obligations to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s control of hazardous energy (commonly called “lockout/tagout”) rules found at 29 C.F.R. §1910.147. These regulations require employers to establish written plans and implement procedures to make certain that machines cannot operate during maintenance and other times when unanticipated energization could lead to employee injury.

On April 19, 2024, EmployNews covered the EEOC's Final Regulations Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which provided clarity to...

The tip wars between hospitality employers and employees continue unabated. Numerous lawsuits contend that restaurants and other employers wrongfully retain or require sharing of customer gratuities, as well as violate Fair Labor Standards Act requirements for payment of a special minimum wage to tipped servers. Last month, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes Georgia) confirmed an earlier decision that excludes mandatory service charges from the definition of tips.

Some employees who are being fired or laid off from their jobs have started to record the conversations with their managers or human resources representatives and post it on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, or X (formerly Twitter). These videos often go viral and attract a lot of attention, sympathy, and outrage from the online community. Some of them even spark legal actions or investigations against the employers.

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by...

In spring 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicaid access rule, which includes a provision that requires that 80% of Medicaid payments for most Medicaid-funded home health aide, personal care, and homemaker services, be spent on compensation for direct care workers (including clinical supervisors) furnishing these services. This 80/20 rule leaves only 20% of Medicaid payments for administrative overhead or profit. The rule, which applies to home and community based services (HCBS) that provide Medicaid beneficiaries opportunities to receive services in their own home or community, is anticipated to be effective July 2030.

Less than 24 hours before classroom bells were set to ring in schools across the southeastern United States, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order administratively blocking the implementation of the 2024 Title IX regulations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The ruling comes just one day after an Alabama district court denied the states’ request to block the 2024 regulations from going into effect. Wednesday’s Eleventh Circuit order provides clarity to schools in those four states: The 2020 Title IX regulations under which schools have been operating for the last four years remain in effect in those jurisdictions.