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What Employers Should Know – and Do – If Immigration Enforcement Agents Pay a Visit to Your Workplace
February 4, 2025 By R. Douglas Taylor, Jr. | Employment Law
A day after being sworn into office as president, Donald Trump began to issue executive orders aimed at implementing his campaign promise to take decisive actions on immigration enforcement. One major change is the administration’s rescission of a longstanding policy that limited federal immigration enforcement activities in particularly sensitive locations, such as churches, schools, and hospitals.
Read More...CTA Update – The Supreme Court Lifted the CTA Injunction, but for Now CTA Reporting is Still Not Required
In the longest running game of legal pong in years in the United States, the Supreme Court entered the fray in the battle over enforceability of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requirements on disclosure of ownership with FinCEN. On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a stay of the trial court’s nationwide preliminary injunction in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry.
Read More...Smart Contracts in Construction: The Future of Deal-Making and Dispute Resolution
The construction industry is no stranger to conflicts, from delayed payments to disputes over terms and conditions. However, the rise of smart contracts, powered by blockchain technology, is transforming how deals are made, and disputes are resolved. These self-executing contracts offer transparency, efficiency, and a significant reduction in administrative headaches. But what exactly are smart contracts, and how can they revolutionize construction projects?
Read More...Trump Signs Executive Order to Create Schedule F; NTEU Sues to Block It
Among the campaign promises made by Donald Trump in the run up to the 2024 presidential election was to radically restructure the federal workforce, in part, by taking away civil service protections from thousands of workers. It did not take Trump long to make good on that promise. On January 20, 2025, shortly after being sworn into office, one of his first acts as president was to issue an executive order titled “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce,” (2025 Executive Order) that attempts to strip civil service and due process protections from a large swath of federal employees.
Read More...What Employers Need to Know about the Virginia Minimum Wage Increase in 2025
Effective January 1, 2025, the Virginia state minimum wage increased by 3.4%, rising from $12.00 to $12.41 per hour. While this adjustment may seem modest, it represents a significant bump for employers navigating labor costs in a state where minimum wage changes are tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The 2025 increase keeps Virginia in step with the thirty other states and the District of Columbia that have minimum wage rates higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.
Read More...Kentucky Federal Court Vacates Biden Administration’s Title IX Final Rule
The Biden administration spent nearly two years crafting new regulations that attempted to make clear Title IX’s ban against discrimination “on the basis of sex” also included discrimination-based sex stereotypes, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Notwithstanding the U.S. Supreme Court’s conclusion in the Bostock case that the term “sex” included these other matters in the context of Title VII, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order on January 9, 2025, vacating the U.S. Department of Education’s April 2024 Title IX Final Rule (“Final Rule”), in the case of State of Tennessee, et al. v. Cardona.
Read More...GovCon M&A Update: How New SBA Final Rule’s Ticking Clock and Other Changes May Reset the Market for Small Business Contractors
After issuing proposed regulations earlier this year and soliciting extensive public comment, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule on December 17, 2024 introducing significant changes to certain of the regulations applicable to small business contractors planning for or actively pursuing merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions.
Read More...Five Reasons to Update Your Employee Handbook in 2025
An employee handbook is a crucial tool for a business to communicate its policies, procedures, and expectations, and to ensure legal compliance. However, employee handbooks need to be reviewed and updated regularly to achieve these objectives. Here are five reasons to update your employee handbook in 2025:
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