As another busy year for our Employment, Labor & Workforce Management clients came to a close, we asked our attorneys what issues were top of mind for our nationwide clients in 2025.
The results of this informal survey provide the opportunity not only to reflect on the challenges confronted by the global organizations we are privileged to represent, but also to prepare for what the legal landscape might hold in 2026.
It seems likely that the struggling economy will continue to be a primary driver of labor and employment law issues in 2012, particularly in the financial services industry. While there are many important legal issues that will arise in this environment, employers in the financial sector should consider five issues as potential hot button topics for the coming year:
- Continuing, but targeted, reductions-in-force
- Independent contractor misclassification
- Overtime exemption misclassification
- Revolving door restrictions on hiring government employees
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