Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the Rhode Island Payment of Wages Act will make a “knowing and willful” wage and hour violation punishable as a criminal felony. […]

New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation prohibiting employers from accessing employee social media account log-in information, requiring written notice of unemployment insurance benefits, and […]

A fire department employee who claimed discrimination and retaliation could not prove wrongful discharge when he was fired after going to City Hall and asking for […]

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) might require an employer to offer accommodations to an employee with […]

LinkedIn Recruiter 2024, powered by a combination of generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and proprietary artificial intelligence models, uses AI-assisted conversational search to more quickly and precisely […]

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently committed to collaborating more closely on legal enforcement efforts. The two agencies signed […]

Andrew Lucas, a commissioner with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), spoke with SHRM Online about why the federal government is cracking down on companies […]

The federal government shutdown was averted Sept. 30 when President Joe Biden signed legislation to fund the federal government through Nov. 17—when the possibility of a […]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed new guidance for employers on how it enforces laws that prohibit workplace harassment. Members of the public […]