What’s happening in employment in 2026?

2025 marked a special year for Dutch co-determination law: the Dutch Works Councils Act (WOR) celebrated its 75th anniversary. We wrote this blog about its development. This year, articles 25 (rig...

January is when many employees take a fresh look at their paystubs, schedules, and workplace policies and quietly wonder: “Is this legal?” Under California labor laws and California employment law...

The special investigation team led by Ahn Kwon-seop, which is probing suspicions of external pressure in the Coupang retirement pay investigation, is questioning Kim Joon-ho, who publicly reported ...

These laws and rules changes impact minimum wage, hours and overtime exemption requirements; paid family leave insurance rates; minimum paid and unpaid leave requirements; impose a state-wide prohi...

Beginning April 18, 2026, New York State employers will be restricted from using an applicant’s or employee’s consumer credit information when making employment-related decisions. S.B. 3072, signed...

Led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government accused the BJP-led Centre of dismantling a rights-based welfare programme that has served as a crucial safety net for the...

The deep-sea mining (DSM) industry operates under the premise that mineral deposits in international waters are the “common heritage of mankind.” However, this has become a domain controlled prima...

The U.S. Congress made waves this year after enacting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act), which provides no tax on tips (or overtime) through 2028. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) subseq...