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...
“We still design for the able-bodied person more than we think about the population as a whole,” Bryon Bass told HR Dive.
A majority of the court appeared open to reconsidering the U.S. Supreme Court’s McDonnell Douglas framework, the soundness of which has come into question in recent years.
What employers should know about key developments this week: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Regulatory Agenda: The EEOC is pursuing sweeping changes aligned with the current administration’s deregulatory priorities, including rescission of...
The U.S. Supreme Court expanded the president’s authority to remove independent federal agencies’ principal officers. Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332 (June 29, 2026). The Court reversed Humphrey’s Executor, long-standing Court precedent that found Congress could create...
President Donald Trump appointed current Member James Murphy as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. In this role, Murphy will oversee the Board’s adjudicative and administrative functions, including hiring administrative law judges and serving as the...
The challenge for employers has never been collecting workforce data. Most employers already have that data in their payroll, timekeeping, scheduling, and human resource information systems (HRIS). The challenge is turning that data into a decision before a...
Key Takeaways What Happened: On July 21, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that Section 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) does not authorize the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require employers to...
SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered thousands in back wages and assessed penalties after a federal investigation revealed child labor, minimum wage, and overtime violations by the operators of three La Panaderia Bakery & Café locations in San...
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