Employment Law Report

On September 7, 2026, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued an opinion analyzing what many people would describe as their dream job: volunteering to care for puppies learning to become service dogs. A nonprofit organization that trains service dogs asked the DOL to opine on whether its employees could also serve as volunteers.

In a recent post, we covered employers’ obligations to record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log and related forms. But recordkeeping is only part of the picture. The law requires employers to report some serious workplace incidents directly to OSHA. OSHA’s reporting obligations are separate and distinct from ...

Recent settlements by government regulators and three large private employers mark a growing trend employers should take note of.  Since announcing its first DEI-related False Claims Act (FCA) settlement in April 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured a series of multi-million-dollar settlements with major federal ...