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The case challenges the right of the Department of Labor, which administers the agricultural worker H-2A visa program, to charge employers with violating the terms of the program and assessing monetary penalties if the agency concludes the employer did.

Do you make it as easy as possible for workers to request Family and Medical Leave Act leave? If not, you may want to revamp your process, if a recent federal court decision is any indication.

The Department of Justice has sued a California artificial intelligence technology company, accusing it of favoring foreign workers over U.S. ones.

The order does not make the use of recreational marijuana legal but eases the way for further testing and allowing holders of state-sponsored medical marijuana cards to use marijuana products authorized for use by their states without fear of federal criminal prosecution.

For our employees asking for four months off after the delivery of their baby, are all four months protected under the PWFA or only the six to eight weeks of postpartum recovery?

From shifting federal policies and rising discrimination claims to religious accommodation challenges and the complexities of remote work, today’s HR professionals are being asked to do more, while the rules continue to change.

Employers operating in Virginia will soon have to provide paid leave for workers through a state-managed family and medical leave program just passed by Virginia’s legislature and signed into law by Governor Abigail Spanberger.

This is a case that tests the administration’s claims that discrimination based on transgender status is not discrimination based on sex—a matter the U.S Supreme Court ruled on in a 6–3 decision back in 2020.

The legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to create a poster advising workers of their organizing rights. It would also authorize a fine of up to $500 per violation for not posting the notice both electronically and physically.

Lawsuits rarely start with something dramatic. They start small. And the outcome is rarely as surprising as it feels.