Employment
HR Alert: NIH Directive Struck Down As Unlawful
In a scathing ruling from the bench today, United States District Judge William G. Young of Massachusetts struck down a directive from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) terminating billions in federal research grants…
HR Alert: More on DEI “Discrimination”
The Trump Administration remains focused on what it calls illegal diversity, equity, inclusion practices. As a result, the EEOC and federal Department of Justice this spring released two technical assistance documents. We&…
HR Alert: Inclusion Isn’t a Trend – It’s Smart Business
Every June, we see rainbows appear on company logos and social media feeds. But if we’re honest, Pride Month shouldn’t just be a marketing campaign or a once-a-year event. For companies that are serious about growth, reten…
HR Alert: Religious Exemptions
As we know, federal law prohibits employers from taking what the law calls an adverse employment action – some kind of negative action – against an employee for her religious beliefs, even when those beliefs co…
HR Alert: Independent Contractor Changes
Federal Enforcement Paused – But Don’t Get Comfortable On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-1, directing its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigators not to a…
HR Alert: Disparate Impact – Does it Exist Anymore?
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, which set out as the Administration’s policy a goal: to eliminate the use of di…
HR Alert: [Mis]Calculating Overtime Pay
A chronic challenge is ensuring you and your payroll company calculate compensation correctly, especially for non-exempt employees. Companies run into sometimes-difficult hurdles when non-exempt, also known as hourly, empl…
What’s the Rule of Law – and Why Should You Care?
In the day-to-day chaos of running a business – managing employees, meeting payroll, juggling clients, delivery hiccups and other deadlines – it’s easy to take for granted the legal system that underpins everyt…
HR Alert: The Future of Non-Compete Clauses
As discussed previously, in May 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a regulation that would ban non-compete clauses for any employee who isn’t a senior executive. Later, in August 2024, the proposed FT…
HR Alert: Travel Time Compensation
We hear an awful lot of questions about paying workers for their travel. So we thought that addressing the questions in a blog with some practical examples would be useful to our readers. In general, employees must be comp…