California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a suite of new workplace AI laws prohibiting employers from relying solely on AI to fire workers, using AI to…
Compliance
Employment law, labor regulation, and compliance changes that affect hiring and staffing agencies, from Department of Labor rules to state pay laws.
The EEOC under the Trump administration has pursued two recent enforcement actions reversing Biden-era positions on gender identity in the workplace…
The EEOC has filed suit against Sibitalent Corp., a Texas-based IT staffing firm, alleging it refused to refer a qualified American applicant for a…
A DHS Office of Inspector General report found that ICE was unable to locate most of nearly 105,000 Priority 1 visa overstay targets—those flagged as…
On September 18, 2026, the White House issued an executive order and presidential proclamation significantly tightening the H-1B program…
Capstone, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner operating in Greater Los Angeles, is permanently closing its South Gate, California facility and laying…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt to civilian tenured faculty appointments at U.S…
Arizona State Prison–Marana, operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), is set to reopen as an ICE immigration detention facility with…
The Trump administration has eliminated the 7% disability workforce benchmark and mandatory disability data-tracking requirements for federal…
Seattle's minimum wage will increase to $22.14 per hour on January 1, surpassing neighboring cities Burien and Tukwila, in response to rising living…
New Jersey begins enforcing its ABC test for worker classification on October 1, requiring that independent contractors meet all three prongs …
Chronic delays in Illinois DCFS background check processing — often exceeding the federally mandated 45-day window — are leaving childcare centers…
The U.S…
Mile Hi Foods Co., a Denver-based food distribution company, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it discriminated…
Employers deploying AI across recruiting, screening, scheduling, and performance management retain full legal liability under Title VII, the ADA, and…
The Trump administration has settled a union lawsuit and agreed to abandon guidance that allowed mass layoffs of federal workers during government…
An opinion piece by the CEO of Odyssey Systems argues that U.S…
H-2A Farmworker Wage Cuts Ruled Unlawful, But Workers Still Paid Illegal Rates Pending New Rule
High impactA federal judge ruled in August that the Trump administration's dramatic cut to H-2A farmworker wages — implemented by changing the wage methodology…
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's 2024 change to H-2A wage methodology was unlawful, finding it violated federal law and deprived…
A federal judge ruled in August that the Trump administration's 2024 change to H-2A wage methodology was unlawful, finding it illegally slashed…