The Seventh Circuit held that a Wisconsin employer properly included certain pay differentials and incentive premiums in employees’ regular rate of pay before calculating the overtime premium under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law. It also...

Employers and HR professionals have no shortage of forms and paperwork, but when it comes to Form I-9 compliance, even small mistakes or errors can result in violations and hefty fines. With ICE’s recent updates to what qualifies as substantive violation, the chance...

HR professionals take heed: Derogatory name-calling at work, even from customers, can embroil employers in lawsuits.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB 4844, requiring Illinois employers with more than 25 employees to pay workers their regular rate of pay for time serving on jury duty. The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. Before this law, Illinois already required employers to give...

Employers have new details on how to report qualified overtime compensation on 2026 Forms W-2. On Aug. 6, the IRS issued updated guidance in Fact Sheet FS-2026-13, which supersedes the version published in January. Qualified Overtime Remains Subject to Withholding...

Under the ADA, the railway made an “objectively reasonable” decision to restrict the conductor from driving a train, the 8th Circuit held.

This iteration of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been vocal about cracking down on DEI in the context of Title VII.

Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution “actively participated in and amplified” racial and political targeting of its campus members.

A federal court ruling has created a clear legal divide between physical and mental health. Today, this ruling has led to even farther distance between dispute-heavy burden of compliance for companies and the modern medical understanding of mental illnesses. In a July...