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With menopause health benefits emerging as a tool in the war for talent, Rhode Island has recently taken steps to provide express protections related to an employee’s menopause and related conditions. In addition, the state is also imposing new onboarding notice requirements regarding payment of wages, as summarized below.…
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California Employment Law Update

As we’ve previously reported, the California Legislature last year passed and Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2499, which expanded existing leave requirements for California employers. Prior to passage of AB 2499, California already required employers: (1) to permit employees…
Continue ReadingGovernment Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update

On July 1, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released three notices of proposed rulemaking that, if adopted, will change federal contractors’ affirmative action obligations. With respect to EO 11246 regulations (specifically, 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-1, 60-2…
Continue ReadingLabor Relations Update

Although the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has operated for most of this year without a quorum and thus unable to issue decisions, that could soon change. President Trump nominated Scott Mayer (chief labor counsel at Boeing Co.) and James…
Continue ReadingProskauer Whistleblower Defense

In Jefferson v. Science Apps. Int’l Corp., et al.,[1] the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the plaintiff’s whistleblower retaliation claim brought under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX” or the “Act”), holding, in line with…
Continue ReadingEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Last month, a federal district court in Texas vacated portions of the HIPAA final rule that added heightened protections for reproductive health care information (the “Final Rule”). Purl, et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.…
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