On Jan. 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced several new types of sanctions that will affect U.S. and global service...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be front and center in 2025 as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear, and decide, Ames v....

Executive, administrative and professional (EAP) employees are exempt from overtime pay if they perform certain duties and earn at least...

On Jan. 1, 2025, Illinois’ amendment to its Equal Pay Act became effective. The amendment was passed to promote pay transparency in job...

EPA has added nine additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds to Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting...

Illinois employers with warehouse worker production quotas should be aware of a bill that has now passed both legislative houses as of...

In an advance notice of proposed rulemaking published on Jan. 3, 2025, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently issued a proposed rule that...

Employers seeking to protect their business interests through non-competes scored another win recently. Permobil, Inc., a manufacturer of...

Despite the protection that Bostock v. Clayton County provides transgender employees, many may not feel protected. Why, you might ask?...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) outlined in its 2024 World Intellectual Property Indicators report a 2.7 percent...

Just after Apple was sued for using surveillance in technology, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance for...

As the year comes to a close, we will start to see companies, news outlets, and other services publish their “best of” or “top x” lists...

President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia,...

The National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Endurance Environmental Solutions, LLC, 373 NLRB No. 141 (2024), in which it...

Reports continue to emerge about a foreign government's campaign to hack U.S. telecom and internet companies. Worse still, the U.S....