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by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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Reconsidering ‘love contracts’

As I type this out, social media is going bonkers over the kiss-cam video and memes of a tech company CEO and its Chief People Officer, locked in an embrace at a Coldplay concert together. News outlets are reporting his...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Federal court vacates EEOC’s PWFA abortion accommodation requirement

On May 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a sweeping decision vacating the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) final rulemaking to the extent it requires employers...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

August 2025 Iowa Q&A roundup

Q What are the procedures or laws surrounding switching an employee from salary to hourly, and what benefits must be offered, e.g., holiday pay and paid time off? There’s no specific procedure for moving employees to...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

FCRA willful violation claim advances against consumer reporting agency

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires employers to present a conditional job offer to a candidate and obtain written consent from the candidate before accessing a consumer credit report for hiring decisions. If...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Change is on the horizon for Texas healthcare providers

On June 20, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill (SB) 1318 into law, altering the landscape of noncompete agreements related to the practice of medicine for doctors, dentists, nurses, and physician assistants by...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

NLRB provides new guidance on ‘prompt and fair’ settlements

Settlements of unfair labor practice charges appear to be returning to more traditional standards under new guidance from the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen. Unfair...

Aug 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma

Appeals court rules fear of vaccines is not covered disability

In another post-COVID case, an elderly employee with a series of common chronic ailments deemed her fear of COVID vaccine reaction to be a disability, which needed to be accommodated. The employer did a lot and met her...

Jul 30, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California

Trump administration’s immigration push comes for employers

As part of the Trump administration’s stated push to eliminate illegal immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has substantially increased investigations of employers suspected of employing undocumented...

Jul 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Senate HELP Committee holds hearing on DOL, EEOC nominees

On June 18, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Jonathan Berry for Department of Labor (DOL) Solicitor of Labor, Andrew Rogers for Wage and Hour...

Jul 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider