California has re-established the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), an agency that can develop strict industry-specific rules that may affect wages, working conditions and workers’ rights. This move could help the Legislature get... Read more »
Pay secrecy clauses, which prohibit employees from discussing their salaries, have been quite common in employment contracts in Australia throughout the years. However, at the end of 2022, Australia passed a fair... Read more »
Takeaway: The U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule governing when an employer may take the tip credit remains in effect for now, so employers of tipped employees employed in dual jobs should... Read more »
Employers may not see sweeping changes to voluntary and mandatory affirmative action in employment, which some observers forecast following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down affirmative action in higher education. Instead,... Read more »
More employers will be required to submit workplace injury and illness information under a final rule released by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 17. The new rule... Read more »
The government in British Columbia (B.C.) enacted the Pay Transparency Act in May to improve pay equity and address systemic discrimination that indigenous women, women of color, immigrant women, women with disabilities... Read more »
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently provided important clarification of the requirements for nonsolicitation agreements under Georgia’s 2011 Restrictive Covenants Act. In North American Senior Benefits v. Wimmer, the court held that... Read more »
Attorneys general from 13 states recently sent a letter to business leaders, warning them to end racial preferences in hiring. On July 13, the attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky... Read more »
Editor’s Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. Prior to the Supreme Court’s recent bombshell decision on affirmative action, some predicted that... Read more »
The long-anticipated proposed rule to update overtime regulations has arrived at the White House and is pending review, the White House Office of Management and Budget said on its website last week,... Read more »