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The labor board's Advice Division cleared Microsoft to fire employees who organized a Gaza protest on campus, California sent the first ban on workplace emotion-tracking to the governor's desk, and the Second Circuit told the Board its dress code test is wrong.

Washington proposed a per-hire immigration fee larger than most salaries, the labor board's top lawyer published her hit list, and Connecticut's omnibus workforce act starts running October 1. Two federal appeals courts landed on the same theme: what an employer writes after a complaint can matter more than the decision itself.

DHS extended a $4,000 fee to routine H-1B extensions, and $4,500 to L-1s. Massachusetts and Illinois each added new employer reporting duties. A Fourth Circuit decision sharpened what the Americans with Disabilities Act demands when an employee asks for reassignment. Here are four developments for your fall planning.