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Quick Hits In Commonwealth Department of Labor and Industry v. Accuserv Pharmacy, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court’s ruling in favor of twenty employees who sued for unpaid overtime wages. The appellate court found the trial court erred in determining that a six-year statute of limitations applied to the employees’ claims. The three-year statute of limitations had been commonly accepted by practitioners and judges throughout Pennsylvania. In…

Quick Hits  Courts and labor authorities outside of the United States often look at how compensation is paid in practice, and local statutory entitlements can override the plan terms entirely. Bonus terms that are consistently applied year after year can become contractual entitlements that are difficult to change or withdraw. In some countries, such as China, offering actual equity can be impractical or restricted, and companies often use phantom equity…

Quick Hits New York’s Trapped at Work Act restricts the use of “stay or pay” agreements, which, as a condition of employment, require employees to reimburse an employer for certain expenses or costs if the employment relationship ends before a specified date. Repayment agreements that are not a condition of employment are permissible. The New York Department of Labor may issue fines ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for violations of…

The agency’s April 2024 final rule implementing the statute was not as widely applauded. Now that the EEOC has formally announced plans to revise that rule, employers should expect a narrower regulatory definition of what the PWFA covers. Employers need to read beyond headlines declaring protections will be rolled back and not expect any slowdown in enforcement on behalf of pregnant and newly postpartum workers who require basic accommodations to…

Quick Hits The DOL’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) recently released final rules requiring more financial transparency and disclosures from PBMs to health plans. The rule’s purpose is to give large employers and plan fiduciaries more information to evaluate their contracts with PBMs and affiliated brokers and consultants. The regulations are applicable to plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2027. The final regulations will require both initial disclosures…

Quick Hits The role of HR in disciplinary proceedings is generally to guide the process and provide advice to the managers taking the decisions. In most situations, HR will not participate in taking the final decision. Nevertheless, cases are fact-specific, and someone from HR taking the decision in a disciplinary process does not automatically render a dismissal unfair. Background and Analysis In Shing v University of the Arts London, WYC…

Quick Hits The EEOC voted to rescind its 2012 enforcement guidance related to using arrest and conviction records in employment decisions. The Commission stated that the agency voted 2-to-1 in favor of rescinding on October 28, 2026, and that the rescission is effective immediately. The 2012 guidance had indicated that employers’ use of information on arrest and conviction records could implicate their obligations under Title VII of the Civil Rights…

Quick Hits President Trump signed Executive Order 14426, “Accelerating Access to Veterans’ Benefits and Employment Opportunities,” on September 8, 2026, to address the transfer of records between DOW and the VA. The executive order sets a series of deadlines for the DOW and the VA to modernize both the technology and the policies governing records sharing. The executive order also directs changes to help veterans move more quickly into employment…