On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (2010 NDAA). The new law includes an expansion of the Bush-enacted exigency and caregiver leave provisions for military families under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). These expanded military family leave rights are effective immediately.  Steve Gutierrez

OSHA may issue citations to general contractors who have the ability to prevent or abate hazardous conditions at jobsites created by a subcontractor through the reasonable exercise of supervisory authority, regardless of whether the general contractor created the hazard or whether the general contractor's own employees were exposed to the hazard.  David Zimmerman and Melissa Orien

John Husband, partner and chair of the management committee at Denver's Holland & Hart LLP, says that expanding regulations have driven the focus of employment and labor law.