States reported that 293,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending October 9. New claims are down significantly from earlier this year and […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently issued a broad executive order banning vaccine mandates in the state—a directive that covers private employers and conflicts with federal requirements. […]

An authority on health care consumerism offers steps employers can take to improve employees’ understanding of health care costs and how to shop for nonemergency health […]

A federal district court temporarily halted United Airlines’ vaccination mandate, keeping the employees who challenged the policy on the payroll while litigation proceeds. Source: New feed […]

New York State must let employers provide religious exemptions to a mandate that state health care workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, at least while litigation… Source: […]

The IRS clarified that the one-year suspended deadlines for COBRA elections and initial premium payments, as part of COVID-19 relief, run concurrently, not consecutively. Some ambiguities […]

A sheriff failed to demonstrate that his interest in maintaining an efficient workplace outweighed a sergeant’s free-speech interest in voicing political support for the sheriff’s re-election […]

Absences related to pregnancy apart from the Family and Medical Leave Act or other leave laws may be protected under Title VII of the Civil Right […]

Starting Jan. 1, 2022, the maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will increase. By the start of the new year, U.S. employers should […]