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		<title>California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Law Turns Two, Part 1: Compliance Insights and Emerging Trends (Podcast)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Karen F. Tynan and Robert C. Rodriguez]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this two-part podcast series, Karen Tynan (shareholder, Sacramento) and Robert Rodriguez (shareholder, Sacramento), who are co-chairs of Ogletree’s Workplace Violence Prevention Practice Group, review the first year of Cal/OSHA enforcement of California’s SB 553 workplace violence prevention law. Karen, who is also chair of the Workplace Safety and Health Practice [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA’s Heat Program to Expire While Heat Standard Stalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Dee Anna D. Hays and Karen F. Tynan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As summer 2026 approaches, employers face a period of significant regulatory uncertainty regarding workplace heat illness prevention at the federal level due to two important developments: the imminent expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Heat National Emphasis Program (NEP) on April 8, 2026, and the stalled progress of the agency’s proposed heat standard, both of which warrant attention and proactive planning. ]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois High Court Rules on Pre- and Post-Shift Wage and Hour Exclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Michael D. Ray, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Zachary V. Zagger]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Illinois that the state’s minimum wage law does not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act’s (PPA) exclusion for “preliminary or postliminary” employee activities could open the door to a wave of new wage-and-hour lawsuits by employees over time spent undergoing health or security screenings or other required activities before and after their shifts.]]></description>
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		<title>California Bill Would Expand Background Check Restrictions for Employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Michael J. Nader]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation recently introduced in the California State Assembly would impose new restrictions on when and how employers with five or more employees may inquire about, obtain, and use applicant conviction history, while strengthening procedural protections.]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Federal Court Halts ACTS Survey in Seventeen States</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 3, 2026, A federal court in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey against public institutions in seventeen plaintiff states for the duration of the litigation, finding that the survey was likely adopted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts PFMLA and the Scope of Employer-Only Liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Patrick M. Curran, Jr. and Ariana N. Imbrescia]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a ruling that provides important early guidance on the reach of the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), a Suffolk Superior Court judge in the Business Litigation Session has held that the PFMLA’s anti-retaliation protections apply only to “employers” and do not extend to individual employees of a corporate employer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut 2026 Employment Law Update: Time for Some Spring Cleaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: John G. Stretton and Olivia Orlando-Donovan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may already be April, but Connecticut employers still have several “new year” compliance updates to address. As spring approaches, now is a good time to dust off employee handbooks and make sure 2026 changes are fully implemented. ]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll Brass Tax: Real-Time Pay, Real-Time Compliance (Podcast)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Michael K. Mahoney and Stephen Kenney]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this installment of our Payroll Brass Tax podcast series, Mike Mahoney (Morristown/New York) and Stephen Kenney (Dallas) explore the payroll and employment tax implications of on-demand pay, also known as earned wage access (EWA), and how real-time payment systems like the Federal Reserve’s FedNow service are accelerating its adoption. Stephen and Mike, who is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Health Company’s Overtime Settlement: A Cautionary Tale for Healthcare Employers With ‘Program Managers’</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Joshua A. Hughes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Columbus, Ohio–area home health services company recently agreed to pay $975,000 to resolve a collective action alleging it misclassified its program managers as exempt from overtime pay. The case may serve as a cautionary reminder for healthcare employers about the risks of classifying frontline supervisors as exempt.]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey Employment Legislation Update 2026</title>
		<link>https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/new-jersey-employment-legislation-update-2026</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[By: Justine L. Abrams, Michael J. Westwood-Booth, and Zachary V. Zagger]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Background Checks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two months into New Jersey’s 2026 legislative session, state lawmakers are advancing a slate of bills that could have significant implications for employers, including several new employment protections related to pregnancy and lactation, in addition to expanding family and sick leave and broadening protections under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD).]]></description>
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