Employment Law Now

In this third part of my new mini-series "What's Now With...", I am joined by my Cozen colleague Mariah Passarelli to talk about What's Now (new) with . . . challenging employee leave and accommodation requests, and how employers might consider potential solutions to those challenges.

Today, I am joined by Jonathan Berry, the new Solicitor of Labor for the United States Department of Labor, to discuss Solicitor Berry's new Enforcement Memo that identifies a significant shift in policy and priorities for this DOL administration.

In this second part of my new mini-series "What's Now With...", I am joined by my Cozen colleague Tamara Hinton to talk about What's Now (new) With . . . Corporate Messaging and Crisis Communications. This episode provides important takeaways for employers to address internal and external messaging after - and before - a crisis occurs.

In this first part of my new mini-series "What's Now With . . .", I am joined by my Cozen colleagues Dan Johns and Kelly Kindig to talk about What's Now (new) With . . . Union Organizing and Developments. Whether you are in a non-union facility or a non-traditional union industry, this episode provides important takeaways for consideration.

In this episode, I discuss important labor and employment developments, including the EEOC's new technical guidance on remote work as an accommodation; the NLRB's new directive on handbook rules and new joint employment rule, the DOL's new independent contractor rule; and a first-time decision on losing attorney-client privilege when using generative AI platforms.

I begin the 10th season of this "Employment Law Now" podcast, with my guest from each anniversary episode: Howard Schweitzer, CEO of Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies. Howard and I discuss the major developments from the first year of President Trump 2.0 and the impact on employers.

In today's episode, I talk about the L&E developments and trends that employers should be watching as we begin 2026.

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas joins me on this new episode to talk about the first 11 months of the President Trump Administration 2.0, including the state of illegal DEI, her views on the EEOC's harassment guidance and Final Rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, transgender discrimination, anti-American discrimination, and where the EEOC may be heading for the remainder of her term.

This new episode highlights a few of the biggest L&E developments from the Summer of 2025, including from the DOL and EEOC, and on such hot topics as DEI-related discrimination, the FTC's non-compete proposal, and AI laws.

Today's episode updates the latest trends in employment law, including changes with the EEOC's focus and makeup, rulemaking ping-pong with the DOL's independent contractor and overtime exemption rules, bucking the trend with non-compete legislation, and regulating "moonlighting."