Tag: #hrnews

Texas hotel workers ratify a contract; Pope Leo visits labor leaders; Kaiser lays off over two hundred workers.

One of the more uncomfortable situations managers find themselves in is denying a promotion to an employee who has applied for a higher position. What’s worse: The employee has shown an interest in improving his or her status and the company. That makes it doubly hard to deny the request, even when there are good…

The Trump Administration fires thousands of federal workers; AFGE files a supplemental motion to pause the Administration’s mass firings; Democratic legislators harden their resolve during the government shutdown.

In July, the Third Circuit ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) cannot adjudicate certain employment-related claims essential to its mission, citing the landmark 2024 U.S. Supreme Court case, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. DOL recently requested rehearing en banc. But in the meantime, DOL’s ability to vindicate workers’ rights remains unclear. Sun Valley Orchards and…

California bans algorithmic price-fixing; New York City Council passes pay transparency bills; and FEMA questions staff who signed a whistleblowing letter.

Starting a business has always been both exciting and challenging in equal measure, but in 2025, the rules of engagement have definitely changed. Technology is evolving at such an incredible pace, new markets and opportunities almost evolve overnight, and customer expectations are higher than ever before. Today’s entrepreneurs need more than just a great idea,…

Pay transparency has been a dominant legislative theme in 2025 — and three new updates in the final stretch of the year reinforce it as a lasting standard for employers. Delaware recently passed new pay transparency requirements Massachusetts is expanding its rules this month Cleveland, Ohio, has a municipal ordinance taking effect. Below, we break…

Nearly everyone talks about it. Nearly no one actually does it. Quit social media. But I did it — for you and everyone who works and wonders: Is social media harmless or toxic, helpful or wasteful, or completely inconsequential? While I don’t have all of your answers, my work experiment and life experience, plus expert…

When you scale through 80+ acquisitions in six years, you don’t just need a hiring plan, you need a talent operating system. That’s what Walter Sabrin, Chief Talent Officer at Vensure Employer Solutions, has been building as the company evolved from modest beginnings into the world’s largest private HR outsourcing firm. In HRchat episode 853,…

The amounts you can exclude from an employee’s gross income for certain fringe benefits will increase for 2026, IRS announced. As you know, fringe benefits are generally subject to income tax withholding as well as Social Security and Medicare taxes, unless they meet IRS requirements for exclusion from income. And for many fringe benefits, the…