The Department of Homeland Security Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced increases for penalties under the Immigration Reform & Control Act, effective January 2, 2025.
Actor Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Wayfarer Studios, LLC, director and producer Justin Baldoni, and several others associated with the movie It Ends with Us has cast a spotlight on evolving employment law issues within the entertainment industry.
The City of Boulder has enacted its own local minimum wage ordinance, which took effect January 1, 2025, setting the city’s minimum wage at $15.57 per hour.
The Madison, Wisconsin Common Council has amended its equal opportunities ordinance, which prohibits discrimination against applicants and employees based on their arrest and conviction records, by removing the three-year lookback provision.
On October 7, 2024, the USCIS issued a reminder to all employers using E-Verify that they have until January 5, 2025, to download records for E‑Verify cases last updated on or before December 31, 2014.
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued a complaint Wednesday, December 11, 2024, stating that contestants on the popular reality show Love is Blind are required to be classified as employees.
On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the New Jersey district court’s previous ruling that there is no private right of action under New Jersey’s cannabis law.
Contractors and subcontractors that perform work on projects subject to Article 8 of the New York Labor Law must register with the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) on or before December 30, 2024.