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  • November 13 2025

    Client Alert: Update to California Employer Requirements When Furnishing Personnel Records

    Beginning January 1, 2026, California will expand the types of personnel file documents that employers must provide to current and former employees upon request. In addition to existing requirements to disclose records related to performance or grievances, employers will also need to make available any education or training records they maintain, including details such as the training provider, dates, duration, core competencies covered, and any resulting certifications. Employers must continue to furnish requested records within 30 days of a written request.

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  • November 13 2025

    Client Alert: IRS Announces Penalty Relief for 2025 Reporting of Tips and Overtime

    The IRS and Department of Treasury announced relief for employers in connection with the new reporting requirements established by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”) relating to “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime”.

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  • November 12 2025

    Client Alert: New Jersey Issues Proposed Regulations Under the Pay and Benefit Transparency Act

    The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) issued proposed regulations interpreting the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act (“PTA”). The PTA requires employers to disclose salary ranges and benefits in job postings and to notify employees of promotional opportunities. The proposed rules, which remain open for public comment at this time, clarify certain aspects of the law, including which employers are covered, what information must be included in postings, and how notice and enforcement procedures will operate.

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  • November 11 2025

    WISeKey International Holding AG announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Columbus Acquisition Corp with a transaction value of $250,000,000.  EGS acted as counsel to WISeKey International Holding AG.

  • November 10 2025

    David R. Rothfeld who leads the Firm’s Traditional Labor Law Practice and is Co-chair of the Firm’s Hospitality Practice Group participated on a panel discussion concerning the 2026 NYC hotel industry negotiations. The discussion was hosted by the Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations in New York City on November 7, 2025.

  • November 06 2025

    Client Alert – UPDATE: Expanded Sick Leave Obligations for New York City Employers

    The amendments to the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) discussed in our prior alert have been automatically enacted due to the Mayor’s failure to either sign or veto the bill passed by the City Counsel. Based upon the October 25, 2025 enactment, the ESSTA amendments, discussed further in our client alert below, go into effect on February 22, 2026.

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  • November 05 2025

    Client Alert: New York Launches the Secure Choice Savings Program

    The New York Secure Choice Savings Program (the “Program”), which we discussed in our previous client alert, has been officially launched. The Program requires covered private-sector employers to participate in an automatic-enrollment Roth IRA program.

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  • November 05 2025

    Paul Rooney, a member of the Firm, wrote an article for Total Food Service titled: “Where Do The Children Go? To Work – In Your Restaurant.”  In the article, Paul discusses the severe labor-shortage problem facing the hospitality industry in the wake of declining immigrant/undocumented worker availability. Adult-workers willing and able to fill roles in hospitality are scarce, as a result, employers may increasingly consider hiring younger workers — including teenagers as young as 14 — which was once uncommon in the sector.

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  • November 03 2025

    Client Alert: The Department of Homeland Security Ends Automatic Extensions of EADs

    On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) eliminating the automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for most noncitizens who submit timely renewal applications. This represents a substantial change to longstanding USCIS policy and could create employment authorization lapses, introducing additional compliance and administrative burdens for employers.

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  • October 29 2025

    Genprex, Inc. announced the closing of its registered direct offering in the amount of $10,000,000. EG&S acted as counsel to the placement agent.

  • October 29 2025

    Client Alert: California Expands Paid Family Leave Eligibility

    Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation expanding eligibility under California’s Paid Family Leave program to include coverage for individuals who are caring for a “designated person.” A designated person is defined as “any care recipient related by blood or whose association with the individual is the equivalent of a family relationship.”

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