Employment Law Report

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provides, among many new legislative changes, a new tax deduction for employees who work overtime hours. In 2025, employees were eligible to deduct up to $12,500 in qualified overtime premiums from their taxable income. This includes overtime required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) but does not include ...

The New York Times Company (the “Times”) found itself at the center of its own breaking news story earlier this month. On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) filed suit in the Southern District of New York alleging that the Times engaged in “unlawful employment practices on the basis of race and/or ...

Picture this: as a manager, you are friends with a few employees from work on Facebook. You are scrolling through your page one night when you see an employee’s post criticizing you and other members of management. The post calls you a jerk (or insert word of your choosing) and states you are profiting from mandatory overtime instead of protecting ...

Has your company recently received a Notice of Right to Sue (NRTS) from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) without ever having received a Charge of Discrimination? If so, you are not alone.

Within 10 days after an employee files a Charge with the EEOC, the EEOC normally sends the Charge to the employer prior to issuing a NRTS. The copy ...