Intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) lets eligible employees take job-protected leave a few hours or days at a time for a single qualifying reason. That flexibility helps employees, but it makes tracking and paperwork tricky…
A New Jersey drywall installer must pay $725,000 after failing to pay 48 workers overtime for pre-shift work performed while they waited for transportation to job sites. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division found P &…
Connecticut is putting employers on notice over workplace AI. Effective Oct. 1, 2026, SB 5 clarifies that Connecticut employers facing a discrimination claim can’t blame the artificial intelligence (AI) tools they use to make hiring, promotion, discipline or termination decisions.…
On Sept. 11, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, would eliminate the 60-day grace period currently granted to most nonimmigrant workers in H-1B, H-1B1, E-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, O-1 or…
Pennsylvania employers face a three-year window for employees to sue over unpaid minimum wages or overtime under state law, rather than the six years a trial court previously allowed. The ruling came in a case involving 20 pharmacy employees seeking…
Required pre-shift tasks – and whether employees are paid for them – are at the center of a former hospital nurse’s wage dispute. Chestnut Hill Hospital required nurses to change into surgical scrubs by 7 a.m. for a morning huddle.…
Payroll usually pays the hours recorded on time clocks – but requiring employees to arrive early can create a pay obligation before they even punch in. That’s the issue in a recent wage dispute, alleging violations of the Fair Labor…
An applicant who alleged Sirius XM’s hiring software repeatedly screened him out because he’s Black recently had his complaint dismissed – for now. A federal judge in Michigan dismissed the complaint without prejudice on Sept. 30, 2026, finding that the…
On Oct. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Merritt v. Texas Farm Bureau. The denial leaves in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that a company owed no overtime pay to a misclassified worker because it didn’t know he…
Starting Jan. 1, 2027, New Jersey’s minimum wage for most workers rises 56 cents to $16.48 an hour. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development sets the rate each year based on Consumer Price Index increases, as required by…
Massachusetts recently updated its paid family and medical leave contribution guidance after passing Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2026. The changes take effect Jan. 1, 2027. The law shifts employer contributions from medical leave to family leave to mitigate…
SHRM has been found liable for failing to accommodate a job applicant who uses a service dog to manage Type 1 diabetes – a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state law. On Oct. 9, a…
On Oct. 1, 2026, California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO), along with state and local enforcement partners, announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft. It resolves a misclassification dispute alleging that Lyft treated California drivers as independent contractors. The agreement is…
Payroll teams in California have a new pay data reporting penalty to keep on their radar. On Sept. 30, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1237. The new legislation raises the maximum penalty for a subsequent failure to file a required…
Program Summary In our interactive instructor-led 60-minute event, you will learn a practical framework for preventing one of the most common and most misunderstood claims in employment law: retaliation. It is the most frequently alleged basis in EEOC charges, and…
With Election Day coming Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, now’s a good time for payroll teams to review state voting leave requirements – before you start getting time-off requests. Four states show why a single companywide policy may not be enough.…
