?Takeaway: Reading a provision of the California Labor Code together with a provision of the California Code of Civil Procedure leads to the conclusion that where weekly wages are due to be... Read more »
A case that will determine whether National Guard technicians can keep their union rights. Religious Accommodations On April 18, the court will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit over when employers can... Read more »
?Sudden shifts in employees’ benefits needs and preferences since the onset of the pandemic have pushed many employers to reconsider their offerings to ensure they are providing options that will appeal to... Read more »
The Supreme Court met Feb. 28 to hear two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan—cases that put promised relief for millions of Americans at risk. In August, Biden announced... Read more »
?The Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a union-friendly piece of proposed legislation, was reintroduced in Congress on Feb. 28 to mixed reviews. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Democratic... Read more »
?The Biden administration is launching a task force to more thoroughly vet U.S. sponsors of migrant children and increase efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of child exploitation in worksites across the... Read more »
?Sexual harassment, pay discrimination and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the priorities that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will focus on this year in its guidance and enforcement efforts. The... Read more »
President Joe Biden on Feb. 28 announced he was nominating Julie Su to be the next secretary of the Department of Labor. Su, currently the deputy secretary of labor, previously was head... Read more »
?Sean Hudspeth, SHRM-CP, once thought about becoming a teacher. So his decision to move from an HR role in the auto industry to one in a school district seemed like a good... Read more »
?Takeaway: A city police officer who criticized the county sheriff on Facebook could be terminated even though her comments were on a matter of public concern because the police department’s need to... Read more »
