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Best Lawyers® named Donnelly + Gross Partner Jung Yoon as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for “Employment Law – Individuals” in Jacksonville. “Lawyer of the Year” awards recognize one lawyer per practice area in each metropolitan area annually. The award is given to the individual with the “highest aggregate […]

On November 19, 2025, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an advisory entitled “Discrimination Against American Workers is Against the Law.” The new guidance reflects EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas’ focus on protecting American workers from discrimination by employers who prefer to hire non-Americans. The guidance provides no statistics or […]

Florida is an at-will employment state. This means an employer in Florida is free to end or modify the employment relationship and its terms at any time for any reason, or no reason, provided the reason is not illegal. Still, it is important to consider that the at-will presumption may […]

On July 24, 2025, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) restarted its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program which allows employers to self-audit and resolve minimum wage and overtime pay violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The renewed version of the program has expanded coverage […]

The Florida CHOICE Act took effect on July 1, 2025, strengthening the enforceability of noncompete restrictions which prevent a “covered employee” from assuming a role with another company where the employee (1) provides services similar to those provided to the former employer or (2) is reasonably likely to use the […]