The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized a $35,568 salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions from overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The […]

A Texas federal district court was not authorized to hold a plaintiff in contempt for filing a lawsuit claiming violations of a barred U.S. Department of […]

Making hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans soon will be easier for plan participants, and so will starting to save again afterwards, under a new IRS final […]

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of an employer’s summary judgment win in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case illustrates the importance of […]

“The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture: How Culture Impacts the Workforce–and the Bottom Line,” SHRM research released today, found that many workers consider culture […]

Employers seeking to hire migrant farmworkers under the H-2A visa program will soon no longer have to run print ads in newspapers to recruit for open […]

Employee self-service platforms. Mobile timesheet systems. Virtual training. The newest generation of technology promises to streamline core HR tasks. But not every organization will experience a […]

Employers often struggle to fill urgent or unexpected labor needs on short notice. Contract and temporary workers often struggle to find such work in time-efficient ways. […]

The recent immigration enforcement raids at several chicken-processing plants in Mississippi netted hundreds of arrests and dozens of criminal indictments against undocumented workers. But the action […]