The HR Perspective You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

State agencies are locking in 2027 pay floors. At the same time, Congress and the federal courts are redrawing where federal labor law reaches and what employers owe employees who never asked for help.

The Senate gave the National Labor Relations Board a 3-1 Republican majority, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services changed what happens when a filing arrives incomplete, and Minnesota adopted rules governing how employers administer its sick leave law.

Federal agencies spent July shedding employer obligations, a Louisiana law took effect August 1, and two appeals courts issued rulings that reach into unrelated corners of HR. Five developments.