Jul 17, 2024 | Employment Law
On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gave notice of proposed rulemaking titled “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” The proposed rules would for the first time set federal heat standards...
Jul 8, 2024 | Employment Law
On July 1, 2024, Virginia ushered in a new era in higher education in the Commonwealth with the implementation of groundbreaking legislation that bans legacy preferences in college admissions. The move positions Virginia as a leader in the quest for a more equitable...
Jul 2, 2024 | Employment Law
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Final Rule”) making it an “unfair method of competition,” in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”), for employers to “enter into...
Apr 17, 2024 | Employment Law
In a decision of significance for private schools and other tax-exempt organizations, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Fourth Circuit”) decided recently that merely having 501(c)(3) tax status is not a form of “federal financial assistance”...
Apr 10, 2024 | Employment Law
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently released its FY 2023 Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) Annual Report reflecting the agency’s litigation efforts to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws for the fiscal year ending September 30,...
Feb 7, 2024 | Employment Law
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) announced recently that the average weekly wage, which is used to define “low wage employee” in the Commonwealth would increase to $1,410 per week in 2024, up from $1,343 per week in 2023. Why might that matter if...
