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After enacting the Trapped at Work Act (the “Act”) late last year, the New York State Legislature swiftly amended the Act in February. As amended, the Act takes effect on December 19, 2026, and the New York Department of...

California Assembly Bill (AB) 1803 establishes a new hate speech training requirement for employers that are already subject to the state’s harassment prevention training mandate. The new requirement takes effect on January...

On September 30, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a significant decision for employers that rely on pre-dispute arbitration agreements. In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, P.C., the court held that when an...

New York has enacted a new law, New York Labor Law Section 210-b (Access to Personnel Records), that gives current and former employees the right to obtain copies of their personnel records and imposes new notice, retention,...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently clarified the standard employees must meet to assert claims for failure to provide religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On...

In June 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its 1979 interpretive guidance, “Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended,” along...

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an opinion stating that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) disparate impact guidelines for evaluating employment discrimination claims...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally rescinded the Biden administration’s 2024 overtime rule earlier this month, which allows for the return of the lower salary thresholds that were established during President...

Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP (KM&M) announces the expansion of its Immigration Practice Group with the addition of attorneys and staff from Levitt & Needleman P.C., a distinguished immigration law firm founded in...

KM&M is pleased to announce that Kevin D. Ellman has joined the firm as Of Counsel in its entertainment labor practice. With more than two decades of experience in labor relations and business and legal affairs within the...