Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

Illinois Amends Workplace Transparency Act, Broadening Employee Protections, Effective January 1, 2026

The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (“IWTA” or “Act”) provides protections to employees and non-employee contractors and consultants who enter into employment agreements, settlement agreements and termination…

California’s AB 288: A New Era of State Labor Enforcement and Legal Uncertainty

For a number of months, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been in flux, operating without a quorum, and thus, unable to hand down decisions. In the absence of an NLRB quorum, the California legislature…

NLRB Leadership in Flux: Chair Gwynne Wilcox’s Unprecedented Firing, a Quorum-Less Board, and Implications for Employers

President Trump wasted no time shaking up the labor and employment law landscape. As anticipated, Trump discharged NLRB General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, a Biden appointee serving a four-year term. Abruzzo’s removal…

How Recent Changes to Administrative Law May Alter Labor and Employment Law as We Know It: NLRB

In a previous article, we emphasized the potential impact of the recent Supreme Court decisions in Loper and Jarkesy on the future landscape of labor and employment law: imagine a world in which administrative…

How Recent Changes to Administrative Law May Alter Labor and Employment Law as We Know It

Few legal developments sound more sleep-inducing than “changes to federal rulemaking authority.” But don’t mistake dullness for a lack of impact: a pair of Supreme Court decisions just issued will arguably have the…