Pennsylvania lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill Tuesday that expands legal protections for LGBTQ workers, while Virginia launched an insurance program to fund family and medical leave. Here's Law360's biweekly look at state-level legislative developments that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recently proposed rules related to independent contractors and joint employers, but it is still facing more than a half-dozen court challenges to wage rules from the prior administration.
The Trump administration tried to shield too many documents from public view in a lawsuit challenging its cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies, a California federal judge ruled, siding with a labor-led coalition in a dispute over the administration's motion for a protective order.