Employment Update for Tech Employees: Year-End Legal Protections for Your Career

On November 19, 2025   /   Uncategorized   /   Leave a comment
Employment Update for Tech Employees: Year-End Legal Protections for Your Career

The technology sector has entered a new and more sober phase. After years of aggressive hiring and rapid expansion, many companies now find themselves reversing course. Layoffs, hiring freezes and reductions in force have become common, especially as executives concede that they over-hired during the boom years and now face a contracting economy.  At the same time, the federal sector — traditionally a stabilizing source of technology spending — has seen purchasing reduced or delayed,

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A Budget Deal May Freeze AI Employment Laws in Your State for a Decade

On November 11, 2025   /   Artificial Intelligence, Maryland Employment Law, Virginia Employment Law, Washington, DC, Employment Law   /   Leave a comment
A Budget Deal May Freeze AI Employment Laws in Your State for a Decade

Buried deep within the federal budget bill now under negotiation is a provision that could reshape how artificial intelligence (AI) is regulated across the United States — including in the workplace. Section 43201 of the budget reconciliation package, sometimes called the “AI Preemption Rider,” would temporarily block states from enforcing or passing their own AI-related laws for ten years. What Section 43201 Does The rider would create a 10 year nationwide moratorium on any state

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EEOC Complaints and the Federal Government Shutdown: What Employees Should Know

On November 10, 2025   /   EEOC, Employment Law   /   Leave a comment
EEOC Complaints and the Federal Government Shutdown: What Employees Should Know

The ongoing federal government shutdown has brought the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to a near standstill, freezing most investigations, hearings, and mediations. With nearly all staff furloughed, private sector employees may still file discrimination complaints online, but those cases will sit idle until Congress restores funding. The EEOC, which enforces federal laws against workplace discrimination, is now operating with only a handful of employees handling emergencies. That means that potentially tens of thousands

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