Employers participating in E-Verify have a new way to identify current employees whose employment authorization documents ...

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered more than $259 million in back wages for nearly 177,000 employees in fiscal year 2025, the most since 2019. The lion’s share – more than $184 ...

A Washington state court ordered Alan Tagle and Tagle & Partners LLC to pay $1.86 million to 70 former Beehive Espresso ...

How much might an employer have to pay when it fails to reinstate striking employees? NLRB Region 6 has approved a $3.66 ...

The IRS announced new per diem rates for fiscal year 2027, effective Oct. 1, 2026.

A federal court in Texas has dismissed a challenge to the IRS regulation governing lock-in letters, leaving the withholding ...

On Sept. 30, 2026, Florida’s minimum wage increased to $15 an hour, from $14 an hour. The minimum cash wage for tipped ...

Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can leave employers facing significant wage-and-hour liability.

What if a benefits platform is the barrier preventing an employee from accessing benefits? As new tech tools become part of routine workplace processes, HR has to stay alert for compliance risks those ...

At what level of authority does a manager become exempt from overtime? A Maine case offers insight. A federal judge approved ...

A rejected candidate asks why they never made it past the first round. An employee wants to know why they were passed over for promotion. A manager relies on an AI-generated performance summary that ...

Maryland employers must register for the state’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. Registration opened Sept ...