Top HR Trends and Priorities for 2026
Register Now Date & Time: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm ET Speakers: Steve Boese, President and Co-founder, H3 HR Advisors Trish Steed, CEO...
US Department of Labor recovers $613K for 46 workers denied minimum wage, overtime by Minnesota restaurant
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $613,037 in back wages for 46 workers after a federal investigation found a Minnesota...
Blank Rome Labor & Employment Alert: D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB “Successor Bar” for Unionized Business Acquisitions
What employers should know about union recognition, employee majority support, and bargaining obligations after a business acquisition. The D.C....
California Local Minimum Wages Rise Again—By Up to 3.7%
It’s that time of year again – when California’s cities and counties ratchet up the minimum wage! Effective July 1, 2026, several jurisdictions...
EEOC Moves One Step Closer to Eliminating EEO-1 Reporting (US)
On May 21, 2026, we predicted that employers’ longstanding obligations to maintain and report workforce demographic data, as required by the Equal...
N.J. Supreme Court Holds Undocumented Workers Can Recover for Wage and Hour Violations
Recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Lopez v. Marmic LLC, holding that undocumented workers are entitled to recover...
NLRB and New York Agree to Dismiss Lawsuit Based on Permanent Injunction of New York Law Seeking to Usurp Agency Jurisdiction
July 27, 2026 On September 12, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of New York, challenging...
Court strikes down NLRB ‘successor bar’ rule using post-Chevron analysis
The rule that requires acquiring companies to bargain with incumbent unions exceeded the agency’s statutory authority, a 2-1 majority of the D.C....
Nike’s $7.5 million pay bias verdict a warning to HR
A federal jury in Portland found that Nike violated the Equal Pay Act and Oregon law by paying former engineer Heather Hender less than male...
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