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The Salvation Army runs “180-day residential work-therapy programs” that allegedly “provide[] spiritual, social, and emotional assistance to people who have lost the ability to cope with their problems and provide for themselves.” What these centers don’t provide is minimum wages for the 40+ hours per week that participants must work. Individuals performing spurious and historically fraught “work therapy” should…

Smart Office Resource Management Your employees are frustrated. They can’t find an available meeting room when they need one. Half your office sits empty while people fight over the few desks near windows. You’re paying rent on spaces nobody uses, while your team struggles with outdated booking systems and equipment that breaks down at the…

Engineering Meets HR and DisruptHR Birmingham What happens when engineering principles meet people strategy? According to Sara Andrews, Chief People Officer at Ecovyst, the result is a powerful framework that positions HR not as a support function, but as a strategic driver of enterprise value. In episode 846 of the HRchat Podcast, Sara shared how…

The world often isn’t a kind place. The workplace should be. Generally, people want to work at a nice place. But being a nice place to work has critical business attributes. “Within our jobs, more than ever, people are feeling like they don’t know their place,” says Tessa West, Professor of Psychology at New York…

Missouri lawmakers attack pro-worker ballot initiatives, shortcomings in California rideshare deal, some sexual misconduct claimants prefer arbitration.

EEOC plans to close pending worker charges based solely on unintentional discrimination claims; NLRB holds that Starbucks violated federal labor law by firing baristas at a Madison, Wisconsin café.

The Trump administration proposes an overhaul to the H-1B process conditioning entry to the United States on a $100,000 fee; Amazon sues the New York State Public Employment Relations Board over a state law that claims authority over private-sector labor disputes; and Mayor Karen Bass signs an agreement with labor unions that protects Los Angeles…

Fenway workers allege retaliation; fired Washington Post columnist files grievance; Trump administration previews mass firings from government shutdown.

June 26, 2025 On June 25, 2025, NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen issued GC Memorandum 25-07 to all field offices. The Memo – Surreptitious Recordings of Collective-Bargaining Sessions as a Per Se Violation of the NLRA – sets forth the argument that a party which secretly records collective bargaining session(s) commits a per…

August 07, 2025 Today, NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen issued GC Memorandum 25-09. The memo provides revised guidance on the investigation procedures for unfair labor practice charges that may be deferred to the parties’ collectively bargained grievance and arbitration process.  Explaining the rationale for the changes, Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen noted…