News & Compliance

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.

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.

A federal agency proposed sweeping regulatory changes, three states enacted new employer obligations, one appeals court upheld a pregnancy-bias verdict, and the EEOC filed a new disability-accommodation lawsuit.

June brought updates across payroll reporting, benefits limits, immigration compliance, state retirement programs, and wage-and-hour litigation.

The Latest includes a brief update on federal and state level news on a Indiana’s Employer Immigration Crackdown, Washington’s New Hiring Limits, and a Wave of July 1 State Mandates (June 2026).

Our bi-monthly compliance round up includes a brief update on federal and state level news like a Court Voids the $100,000 H-1B Fee, the Third Circuit Narrows FLSA Overtime Claims, and New Jersey Clears the Way for Cannabis Bias Suits.

The Latest includes a brief update on federal and state level news on a New EEOC Enforcement Playbook, State Pushback on Disparate Impact, and The ICHRA Surge (June 2026).