As we enter the third year of the pandemic, change continues to be the one constant for employers.

On this episode of The Year Ahead series, we focus on the shifting regulatory landscape, identifying the provisions in large scale legislation impacting employers and the current climate at influential regulatory bodies like the EEOC and NLRB.

Construction companies bidding on IIJA projects hope to get a piece of the billions of dollars allocated to infrastructure projects. However, with the government funding comes more requirements and obligations. On this episode of We get work™, we discuss the affirmative action obligations companies receiving federal dollars are required to meet, and how affirmative action obligations differ for construction contractors.

Traditional labor law will face significant change in the wake of the new $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently signed into law. Prioritization of project labor and community workforce agreements is one such noteworthy change. On this episode of We Get Work, we discuss what project labor agreements mean for construction contractors and subcontractors.

For early-stage tech employers, rapid business growth can quickly lead to costly employment and immigration law missteps. Risks can be magnified when striving to attract talent. On this episode of We Get Work, we share practical, yet critical steps employers should consider early in the business lifecycle of both domestic and foreign national employees to mitigate legal risk and financial exposure.

How critical is pay equity to a company's human capital? As the labor market continues to change at a rapid pace, employers need to manage the disruptive factors which have an impact on employee compensation and their ability to attract and retain a diverse workforce.

On this episode, we explore what practices can trigger pay inequities and how to develop proactive solutions to address and avoid continued pay gaps.

In light of the regulatory activity aimed at limiting covenants not to compete, and the increased prevalence of remote work, how do tech companies protect their trade secrets?

When it comes to consolidations and restructurings, in-house counsel and the corporate law firms that support them have competing priorities to further a company's business objectives and mitigate legal risk. Labor and employment considerations are equally critical to a successful transaction.

On this episode, we discuss the intricacies of employment law and the relevance of related issues that often arise during a corporate transaction.

Federal contractors and subcontractors recently received guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force when applying President Biden's Executive Order Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols.

On this episode, we discuss the guidance dictating that covered employees must be fully vaccinated, unless legally entitled to an accommodation, and the many federal lawsuits already filed challenging the legality of the Order.

Non-compete covenants in physician employment and shareholder agreements are common practice. Whether they are legally enforceable as drafted varies from state to state. Some states have broad interpretations of reasonableness — and there's a growing trend to disallow these types of agreements completely. On this episode of We get work™ we explore how hospital systems and medical groups can protect their goodwill and legitimate business interests.

Unions are successfully targeting workers in the technology industry, even as employees transition to a more remote workplace during the pandemic.

In this episode, we discuss the evolution of unionization in the tech space, how COVID-19 has affected organizing activity by tech workers and what employers should do in response to organizing behavior.