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August 27, 2026 David M. Prouty, Member of the National Labor Relations Board, announced today the appointment of Fred B. Jacob as his Chief Counsel. Member Prouty will begin his second five-year term as a Board Member on August 28, 2026.  Mr. Jacob replaces David I. Goldman, who is returning to his prior position as…

Change has become a constant in today’s workplace. New technologies, shifting employee expectations, hybrid work and evolving business priorities are forcing organizations to adjust faster than ever and master change management. It’s no surprise that many employees are feeling the strain, with 73% of HR professionals saying their people are experiencing change fatigue. Too often,…

When layoffs occur, the immediate concerns are often understandably front and center. But employers also need to take a longer view of the compliance obligations that can arise before, during and after a workforce reduction.  A recent settlement out of California shows how costly it can be when employers overlook applicable recall requirements. Pandemic Layoffs…

Skills-based hiring calls for a new trend that will help employers and employees get hiring even closer to perfect: Job candidates are “skills flipping” — turning what might be considered negative traits into strengths. It’s causing employers to reconsider how that trait could work in the increasingly skills-based hiring environment. That’s reflected in job postings:…

Federal and state laws tend to dominate compliance discussions, but local ordinances carry serious financial consequences, too. Case in point: The City of Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards (OLS) recently announced its second-largest enforcement action ever – a nearly $4.4 million agreement with Uber Eats to resolve alleged wage violations affecting 14,421 gig workers. Ongoing…

Tired of change? Probably. Able to stop change? Not likely. With AI disrupting almost all workplaces, change is inevitable. And difficult: Less than a third of leaders actually get employees to adopt workplace changes in a healthy way, a Gartner study found. Why is healthy adaptation so low? Most employees don’t trust organizational change because…

Twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581 et seq., as a criminal statute prohibiting forced labor, slavery, peonage, or indentured servitude, as well as trafficking persons (i.e., recruiting, transporting, or harboring them) in furtherance thereof. (The TVPRA also criminalizes trafficking persons for the purpose of commercial sex). Since…

House Republicans push for vote on the SCORE Act; Wells Fargo wins 401(k) forfeiture appeal; Georgia passes portable benefits bill.

MLB begins negotiating; Westchester passes a new wage act; USDA employees sue the Agriculture Secretary.

Burnout is an epidemic affecting the modern workplace today. All of us experience pressure and stress at work at one time or another, but burnout is a different beast. While the two can feel very similar, it is crucial to your well-being that you’re able to recognize when you are crossing that line.  Equally, if…