CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Calumet City-based residential construction and carpentry employer after two separate investigations into its continued failure to provide fall protection for workers. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Oregon’s companionship services exemption is narrowing for home care agencies under Senate Bill 1518. SB 1518 freezes Oregon’s definition of companionship services to the federal definition in effect Jan. 1, 2016, so future federal changes won’t automatically expand...
On July 31, 2026, California Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw released the calculated minimum wage adjustment for 2027, which raises the state minimum wage rate by $0.50 per hour, a 2.99 percent increase from the current $16.90 per hour rate. The California...
An employer facing a workplace fatality or serious injury may have only hours to decide whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must be notified. That pressure is familiar, but the statutory source of those deadlines may now warrant a closer...
On August 26, 2026, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued Memorandum GC 26-04, “Further Guidance Regarding General Counsel Priorities.” The memo is her second in as many months and reads like a punch list for reversing the Board’s Biden-era precedent. For...
“Have you been harassed at work for speaking English or for being too American?” the agency’s chair asked workers in a video. “Have you been harassed at work for speaking English or for being too American?” the agency’s chair asked workers in a video. HR Dive -...
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Department of Labor debarred a Calcasieu Parish farmer from participating in the H-2A visa program for one year, after an investigation discovered multiple violations under the H-2A program.The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that...
The state of New York has officially stepped in rewrite the rules of compensation and benefits through Bill 2236-A, the Wage Payment Integrity Act. Until now, an employer in New York could dangle a huge financial carrot in an employment offer and persuade...
Can exempt nonprofit staff “volunteer” after hours to do additional work for their employer? A new Department of Labor opinion letter, issued in response to a nonprofit that raises service dogs, says yes – if the volunteer duties aren’t the same or similar to what...
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