Employment Law Report

On September 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation requiring an additional $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions. This is a drastic increase on the typical fees associated with H-1B visas. This concerning news has caused a large amount of confusion. The White House, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

At the annual Kentucky Society of Human Resources Management conference held in Lexington, Mitzi Wyrick, Tyson Gorman, Brandon Girdley, Lillie Stivers, Drayden Burton, and Angie Thompson conducted a 2-part mock trial on August 28, 2025.  Following abbreviated opening and closing statements and testimony from 2 witnesses, the jurors ...

Written by Isaac K. Keller

Effective July 1, 2025, Indiana’s Senate Bill 409 (SB 409) introduced a new employment protection: employees may take one unpaid, job-protected leave per calendar year to attend specified school-related meetings for their child—without fear of adverse employment action.  Indiana joins roughly a dozen other ...

Written by Tyson Gorman with the assistance of Drayden Burton

FTC Issues Noncompete Warning Letters to Healthcare Employers and Staffing Companies

On September 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent letters to several large healthcare employers and staffing firms instructing them to review their employment agreements to ...

Written by Tyson Gorman with Assistance from Drayden Burton

Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a significant step in its efforts to scrutinize the use of non-compete agreements in the workplace. Until now, it was unclear how the second Trump administration would approach non-compete agreements. Now, it ...