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5 days ago | 
natlawreview.com | James Plunkett |Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante
The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. DOL to Rescind 2024 Independent Contractor Regulation? The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is backing away from the Biden-era independent contractor regulation finalized in January 2024.
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5 days ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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5 days ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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5 days ago | 
natlawreview.com | Leslie Eason |Stephen G. Weizenecker |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who had been planning a college tour with her sister. She informed her manager of the trip well in advance and otherwise followed the policies for requesting time off. But when the time came for her to take the trip, her boss acted confused and annoyed that she was actually going through with her plans. At that moment, she found herself caught between two impossible (but familiar) choices: prioritize her family or her job.
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5 days ago | 
natlawreview.com | Evandro C Gigante
New York City employers are reminded that they are now required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation accommodation policy. As we previously reported, Local Law 109 – which became effective on May 8, 2025 – amends the New York City Human Rights Law’s existing obligations on employers to implement and distribute a written lactation accommodation policy.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Jurate Schwartz |Arielle E. Kobetz
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take noteof a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee maystill be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americanswith Disabilities Act ("ADA") even if they can performthe essential functions of their job without accommodation. In Tudor v. Whitehall Central SchoolDistrict, (2d Cir.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Keith Bishop |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Ayman Guirguis
On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin asked the Virginia state legislature to strengthen the protections provided in a bill (S.B. 854) passed by the legislature earlier this month that imposes significant restrictions on minors’ social media use.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Laura Fant |Evandro C Gigante |Arielle E. Kobetz
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take note of a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee may still be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) even if they can perform the essential functions of their job without accommodation. In Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, (2d Cir.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Keisha-Ann G. Gray |Guy Brenner |Steven J Pearlman
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, theMaryland District Court denied Defendants' motion to stay thepreliminary injunction in National Association of DiversityOfficers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federalgovernment from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recentExecutive Orders. The court held that the Government had not showna likelihood of success on the merits and that both the balance ofharms and the public interest weighed against the stay.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Guy Brenner |Justin Chuang |Evandro C Gigante
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federal government from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recent Executive Orders. The court held that the Government had not shown a likelihood of success on the merits and that both the balance of harms and the public interest weighed against the stay.
