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Q If an employee works several days a week in one state and then several days in another state, which state’s employment laws apply? How must we evaluate multistate work arrangements? There is no one clear answer to...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

On February 9, 2026, Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill (LB) 258, amending Nebraska’s Wage and Hour Act. The legislation was intended to provide employers with greater predictability when budgeting labor costs...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed virtually every aspect of modern business. Correspondence can be drafted in a fraction of the time it used to take, and other tasks that previously required hours (if not days) of...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently reaffirmed that although employees have the right to engage in protected concerted activity, that right doesn’t give them a free pass to engage in workplace misconduct...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Q If we require employees to use their personal vehicle for work, are we legally obligated to reimburse them for mileage or other vehicle-related expenses even if their pay wouldn’t fall below the minimum wage if we didn...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

Employers facing a discrimination charge now have far less time to respond than they traditionally have. According to a recent Bloomberg Law report, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has cut the...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

Recent reports involving leading artificial intelligence (AI) developers have heightened concern about whether AI agents can operate beyond their intended boundaries and/or be used by cyber criminals to perpetuate...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

A recent order on summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is an important reminder that, when it comes to worker classification under the Fair Labor...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma

On October 28, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2 to 1 to immediately rescind its 2012 “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions.” For 14...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma

In September 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) addressed whether exempt employees of a private nonprofit organization that breeds and trains service dogs could volunteer outside their normal work hours to perform...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

On September 18, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation extending the $100,000 supplemental payment requirement imposed on employers filing certain H-1B visa petitions through September 21, 2027. The Trump...

Dec 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

The EEOC filed only slightly more lawsuits in fiscal year (FY) 2026 (97) than in FY2025 (93). In FY2026, there were 38 disability-related lawsuits and 52 Title VII lawsuits. Over 15% of the lawsuits were religious...

Nov 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider