The HR Perspective You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

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.

Federal agencies redrew the lines on pay and workplace rules, while the states and the courts kept adding obligations of their own. This issue covers four developments across wage-and-hour, restrictive covenants, and harassment, and each one lands on HR.

This week brought new limits on noncompetes, expanded family leave requirements, fixed time limits for foreign students, and appellate decisions addressing discrimination and arbitration claims.