Employment & Labor Alert – How to Select the Right Search Firm or Staffing Agency
Hiring decisions carry significant risks. A poor fit can lead to lost time, increased costs, and disruption to culture and operations.
Employment & Labor Alert – What Employers Got Wrong: Hiring and Retaliation Missteps Identified by an Oklahoma Federal Court
Pendergraft v. Steiner (W.D. Okla. 2025) shows HR and managers what NOT to do in hiring, promotions, and handling employee complaints.
Employment & Labor Alert – TX Employers Beware: Fifth Circuit Says Your Arbitration Agreements May Be Unenforceable
If your company requires employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements (and you should), here’s a wake‑up call: if you (the employer) didn’t sign it, too, then it may not be worth the paper it’s printed on.
Employment & Labor Alert — Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for “Majority Group” Plaintiffs to Sue for Employment Discrimination
Now is the time for employers to ensure they have policies and practices in place to document their legitimate business reasons for any adverse employment decisions.
Employment Alert – Lessons for Avoiding and Defending ADA Claims from a New Decision by Magistrate Judge Little of the Northern District of Oklahoma GalleryEmployment Alert – Lessons for Avoiding and Defending ADA Claims from a New Decision by Magistrate Judge Little of the Northern District of Oklahoma
Employment Alert – Lessons for Avoiding and Defending ADA Claims from a New Decision by Magistrate Judge Little of the Northern District of Oklahoma
This Alert discusses six important lessons learned for HR and employment lawyers based on a new decision by Magistrate Judge Little of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Employment Alert – The FLSA’s Salary-Basis Test Post-Loper-Bright
When the United States Supreme Court junked the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine this past term in its Loper Bright decision, many in the legal community were wondering what the fallout would look like. Loper Bright liberated courts to freshly interpret statutes and eschew deference to agency interpretations, setting the stage for a flood of rulings invalidating regulations across the administrative state. A prime candidate for attack: the Department of Labor’s “Minimum Salary Rule.”
Proposed OSHA Heat Safety Regulations: What Employers Need to Know
Since 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been focused on heat-related hazards and possible heat-related injuries and illnesses in indoor and outdoor workplaces. OSHA recently proposed workplace regulations designed to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and fatalities, specifically.
Employment Alert – Recent Supreme Court Decision Lowers Threshold for Employee Discrimination Claims – How to Mitigate Risk
Read on for tips to mitigate risk and make sure you are not caught unprepared.