​New weekly unemployment claims reversed course during the week ending July 17, as the labor market continues to recover from COVID-19 and its more recent Delta […]

Calculating employees’ “regular rate of pay” for overtime purposes can be complicated when they receive different rates of pay in a single pay period. A California […]

Many federal contractors would have to pay workers at least $15 an hour by 2022 under a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) […]

Businesses in California must provide employees with meal and rest breaks or pay workers a premium equal to an hour of pay. The California Supreme Court […]

A federal court in Oregon ruled that an employee’s noncompliance with his employer’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) notice requirements meant he wasn’t entitled to […]

An alternating four-day week, giving workers every other Friday off, can foster greater employee engagement and productivity, says the CEO of a technology firm that put […]

Focus may get short shrift from executives who prefer a full plate and like to explore as many tasks and ideas as possible. Yet spreading yourself […]

Many organizations are expanding their benefits offerings to compete for scarce talent. While effective as a recruiting and retention tool, that strategy also can prove costly […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a law aiming to protect intellectual property in Florida from theft by foreign governments and their agents—but the act also creates […]