Manager of workplace law content at SHRM, [email protected]
United States (National)
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A district court has ruled that the president may fire National Labor Relations Board administrative law judges, adding that the judges’ protections against being fired are unconstitutional.
California’s employment laws go well beyond federal statutes’ requirements in many ways. Here’s what to know going into 2025.
The Democrats’ majority on the NLRB will end sooner than many expected, as the Senate declined to reconfirm Chair Lauren McFerran, a Democrat, to the board.
If the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth, some employers may provide travel benefits for health care prohibited by state law.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently withdrew a tipped-wage rule that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had vacated in August 2024.
By: Allen Smith
Ana Pinzón, SHRM-CP, leads Bosch’s career development program and drives inclusion through BeAdept, a BRG for associates, family, and friends with disabilities.
Some employers are on the fence about returning to exempt status those employees who became nonexempt following the 2024 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rule, which was vacated on Nov. 15 and again by a separate district court in a Dec. 30, 2024, order. Here are some factors to consider in making that decision.
The loss of life, property, and possessions raised a stark new reality for many people in Los Angeles due to recent wildfires. Here’s how employers can help.
SHRM elevated the voice of HR before Congress, federal agencies, and state legislatures in 2024, advancing HR’s perspective on such critical issues as untapped talent, the growing role of AI, and access to paid family leave. Here’s a review of some of SHRM’s wins last year, as highlighted in SHRM’s 2024 Year-End Review Advocacy Impact Report.
Employers do not need to show by clear and convincing evidence that a worker is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime requirements, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Jan. 15. The usual, lesser preponderance-of-the-evidence standard applies—a win for employers.
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