The White House Office of Management and Budget cleared a Labor Department rule that may provide some clarity to employers about which perks must be included in workers’ “regular rate” of pay, which is used to calculate overtime premiums under the […]

Under a draft regulation, California employers would need to develop comprehensive workplace-violence prevention programs. Here’s what employers need to know about the proposal. […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging state lawmakers to approve legislation requiring all employers in the state to use E-Verify, the federal web-based system that confirms individuals’ eligibility to work in the United States. It is currently […]

The IRS released the final version of the 2020 Form W-4 with major revisions designed to make accurate income-tax withholding easier for employees. All new employees hired as of Jan. 1, 2020, must complete the new form. Current employees are not […]

​A woman in Australia is going to prison for at least one year for lying on her resume to land a $185,000 a year job with the Australian government. […]

An employee who once complained that younger workers got more overtime than older workers was lawfully fired for violating a workplace safety rule, according to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that his age-discrimination claim was […]

A worker who began showing signs of depression and eventually quit and sought treatment should have been offered Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time off, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. […]

U.S. employers added 266,000 new jobs in November, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report, reflecting solid job gains. Unemployment ticked down to 3.5 percent, a 50-year low. […]

Year-end can be a time when organizations may need to make tough decisions. Some will decide they need to reduce head count and announce a round of layoffs. And guess what: Even if you are an early-career employee or have just started a job, you […]

​According to the Human Rights Campaign, many Americans refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo or because they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. This glossary was written to […]