As a reminder, beginning Oct. 1, 2026, Connecticut employers will have broader obligations to disclose wage ranges and benefits information to applicants and employees. Under the new law, employers must include the wage or wage range and a general description of...

National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Crystal Carey identified the Board precedents she has challenged or plans to challenge while continuing backlog reduction as her principal priority. In GC Memorandum 26-04, GC Carey summarized her positions seeking...

Germany’s Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG)) has clarified the limits of an employer’s information rights when an employee seeks default-of-acceptance remuneration after an invalid termination (judgment of August 26, 2026, Ref. No. 5 AZR 37/25). Quick...

What employers should know about key developments this week: Candidate Fraud Escalating Globally: According to the research firm Gartner, by 2028, one in four candidate profiles could be fraudulent in some way. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now make it easier to...

On September 1, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that a lower court should not have denied a motion to compel arbitration in a class-action brought by airline employees who alleged a series of violations of Colorado state wage laws....

Throughout the first half of 2026, numerous state and local governments enacted or implemented new employment laws affecting employers nationwide. Click here for a non-exhaustive summary of key employment law updates effective in the middle of 2026. © Polsinelli PC,...

Recently, the Colorado legislature sent a bill, HB 26-1210, to Governor Jared Polis’ desk that would place limitations on the use of artificial intelligence to either 1) set prices for consumers; or 2) set wages for employees. Governor Polis vetoed the bill, citing...

When employees organize a workplace demonstration around a political or social cause, employers often face the same threshold question: does it matter that the protest touches, even loosely, on some workplace issue? A newly released National Labor Relations Board...

On September 17, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated the U.S. Department of Education’s February 2025 internal directive ordering the review and termination of Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) and Supporting Effective Educator...