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Oakland, Portland and Olympia have passed laws expanding antidiscrimination protections to nontraditional family structures—multigenerational households, multiple-family households and even polyamorous families. Employers operating in any of these West Coast cities should note the new coverage, which often spreads from cities to broader statewide protections within a few years.

Federal officials have already signaled a more aggressive approach, with a focus on workplace enforcement and faster processing. For employers, that means a higher likelihood of interaction with immigration authorities—and higher stakes when it happens.

On May 14, the EEOC sent a proposed rule to the White House, asking to rescind EEO reporting requirements as well as reporting requirements under the ADA, GINA and the PWFA.

The long saga of the last Department of Labor (DOL) effort to raise the salary levels required for most exempt positions has finally come to an end.

In December 2025, the EEOC posted a video message requesting that white men who believe they had experienced reverse discrimination contact the agency so it could investigate. Now they've filed their first suit...

Do you have employees you require to hit billable hour minimums who are taking milk-expression breaks under the PUMP Act?

Employers that operate in Northeastern states, take note: Maine has joined Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont in passing state pay-transparency and disclosure laws.

The summer of 2026 is shaping up to be challenging for HR. Speakers at LEAP 2026 outlined a landscape where the biggest risks no longer live in traditional compliance, but in everyday decisions—off-duty conduct, religious accommodation, layoffs, new state laws and workplace speech—where risk is increasingly situational and unpredictable.

How would we run FMLA concurrent with PWFA?

Most HR teams don’t think about depositions until a lawsuit is already underway. Hopefully, you won’t be the target of a lawsuit, but if you are, Charles High, retired partner at Kemp Smith, and Paul Prather, partner at Littler, offer tips on how to prepare your managers.