Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in July 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates:
| _____ | Catch up on recent SCOTUS rulings. During the final days of its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court issued some key decisions that will affect the workplace. The Court vastly expanded the presidential power to remove members of independent agencies (read more about Trump v. Slaughter) and upheld the Trump administration’s termination of TPS Protections for Haiti and Syria (read more about Mullin v. Doe). SCOTUS also ruled that states may ban transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams without violating the Equal Protection Clause, and that Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s teams defined by biological sex (read more about Little v. Hecox/West Virginia v. B.P.J.). |
| _____ | Find DOL answers to wage and hour questions + meet new Secretary nominee. The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued four opinion letters answering real-world questions about whether certain employer practices comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Check out what the agency had to say and FP’s key takeaways for your business. In addition, President Trump revealed his new Labor Secretary nominee on June 29 – stay tuned for FP’s preview of Keith Sonderling, who has been serving as the acting Secretary since April and would need Senate confirmation to make the role permanent. |
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Port Huron City Manager James Freed asked the city council to not validate what he calls false claims against him. Freed recently filed a personal protection order against a local business owner, ...