What employers should know about key developments this week: Agencies Lose Their Independence: In Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal agencies such as the National Labor...

On July 1, 2026, the leaders of the German governing coalition, CDU/CSU and SPD, agreed on a thirty-four-point reform package during the coalition committee meeting, with labor and employment law ...

A simmering feud inside the Office of Hawaiian Affairs board burst into full public view Monday, when a five-trustee majority ordered four colleagues to yank a court filing that backed ousted CEO ...

Deutsch: Reformpaket der Bundesregierung – Teil II Arbeitsunfähigkeit und Rentenreform: Auswirkungen auf Personalplanung und Restrukturierungen On July 2, 2026, the German Federal Government prese...

Unfortunately, his career came to a swift end after he was called into a supervisor’s office and told security camera footage had caught him “stealing” a chocolate chip cookie. He was escorted out...

Employer will comply ‘as soon as it can put in place the necessary measures’ The Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered the Bank of Canada to stop using contracted security staff and union m...

Deutsch: Reformpaket der Bundesregierung – Teil I Mehr Spielraum für Arbeitgeber: Reformen bei Befristungen und Trennungen On July 2, 2026, the German Federal Government presented a reform package...

[co-author: Leah Shepherd] On June 23, 2026, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that public works contractors in New York must pay prevailing wages even when the contract is silent on that matter...

Takeaways The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s final rules implementing the 2026 amendments to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act adopted several notable revisions that...

[author: Robert Santos]* A recent decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division provides plaintiffs greater leeway when bringing representative actions under the New Jersey Wage and Hour Law. Plai...