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DOL drops litigation of Biden-era overtime rule; EEOC sues NYT for discrimination against white male employee; New Jersey finalizes employee classification rule.

HGSU wraps up its third week on strike and economists find that firms tend to target workers with “wage premiums” for AI replacement.

Rethinking People Risk in the AI Era A candidate can look flawless on paper – the right experience, the right skills, the right interview answers – and still become the person who undermines team trust, damages culture, or creates reputational risk with a single public post. That’s the growing challenge facing HR leaders today. In…

May 06, 2026 Today the National Labor Relations Board engaged in a bulk transfer of approximately 3,500 unfair labor practice cases. The transfer was part of the General Counsel’s initiative to address the Agency’s backlog of cases pending in Regional Offices prior to January 7, 2026. As a result of the transfer, impacted parties will…

HR pros will see a different hiring landscape in this year’s college grad season.  While you’ve probably always been somewhat excited about the new crop of skilled, and hopefully, eager job candidates, it won’t be the same experience as the past decade. Graduates are pragmatic, expecting less from you and hoping more for themselves. In…

When employers outsource Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration to a third-party administrator (TPA), compliance responsibility stays with them.  A recent federal case out of Wisconsin shows how quickly weak TPA oversight can lead to interference and retaliation claims. Employee Seeks Intermittent FMLA Leave Rodney Severson was hired as a production employee for S.C.…

AI is Forcing a Hard Question: Are We Improving Work or Quietly Deleting It? AI is accelerating a question many organisations have managed to sidestep for years: are we improving the way work gets done, or simply removing parts of it without redesigning what comes next? In episode 891 of the HRchat Podcast, I spoke…

Trump signs order to expand retirement plan access; Eleventh Circuit upholds NLRB determination that security guard lieutenants can unionize; REI workers launch consumer boycott.

A recent D.C. Circuit decision, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. NLRB, shrinks the protections the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) provides to workers by misreading a Supreme Court opinion regarding statements by workers that disparage their employer’s product. The decision allowed Oncor to fire the lead negotiator for its technician’s union for his testimony before the state…

SAG-AFTRA strikes tentative deal; DOL set to decide on Biden overtime rule; IATSE files unfair labor practice charges against the Kennedy Center