Employers may have to square cost savings with a workforce that is less financially secure.
Wage compression — not job cuts — may be the outcome of AI adoption at work
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Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of July 20 – 24, 2026
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of July 20 - 24, 2026 [email protected] Thu, 08/06/2026 - 10:08 The Summary of NLRB Decisions is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to...
Compensation decisions compound, costing orgs millions, research finds
Ungoverned hiring, promotion and merit decisions are costing enterprise organizations millions of dollars each year, recent research by Syndio found. “Pay decisions are some of the highest-stakes calls a company makes, and most are still made one at a time, with no...
Payroll Scheme to Avoid Overtime Backfires: $457K Payout
What happens when an employee works 50 hours per week, but payroll makes it look like 25 hours for each of two companies to avoid overtime premiums? That was the setup allegedly devised by the owner of two janitorial companies in New Jersey. Now the companies must...
DOL Opens 2026 VETS-4212 Filing Platform: Covered Contractors and Data Requirements
Like clockwork, the 2026 VETS-4212 reporting platform opened on August 1, 2026, with the filings due by September 30, 2026. Unlike the ongoing effort to eliminate EEO-1 reporting, the VETS-4212 reporting requirement remains in place meaning that covered contractors...
Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Interpretive Framework for Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts
On August 6, 2026, the Ontario Court of Appeal released Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., resolving two consolidated appeals and clarifying the interpretive framework for termination clauses in employment contracts—particularly the enforceability of provisions...
A Guide for New Jersey Employers on AI + Workplace Algorithmic Discrimination Risks
In January 2025, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued guidance explaining the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies equally to decisions made with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). Employers cannot avoid liability because an...
New DOL Opinion Letters Offer Employer Guidance on Compensable Travel Time
Takeaways Two DOL opinion letters explain how “mid-day” commuting for hybrid workers who voluntarily split their workday is not compensable travel time. Travel time becomes compensable when the employer, rather than the employee, controls the timing and requires...
DMEC CEO: Leave should be a strategic objective
“We still design for the able-bodied person more than we think about the population as a whole,” Bryon Bass told HR Dive.
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