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Employment law, labor regulation, and compliance changes that affect hiring and staffing agencies, from Department of Labor rules to state pay laws.
Head Start Funding Limbo Creates Staffing and Hiring Crisis for Early Childhood Providers
Medium impactAt least 85 Head Start providers serving more than 39,000 children across 38 states are operating on temporary funding with no resolution in sight, as…
GovDocs has released Minimum Wage Starting Rates, a new feature within its compliance software that gives HR, payroll, and compliance teams a…
Attorneys from Hunton identify four developing legal risks reshaping how employers conduct background and identity screening: whether AI-generated…
According to Littler senior counsel Bruce Buchanan, virtually all current employees require a Form I-9 — only those hired before November 7, 1986 are…
DOGE Cuts to NOAA Left Thousands of Staffing Gaps — and Industries Are Paying the Price
Medium impactDOGE-driven cuts in early 2025 eliminated roughly 2,500 NOAA and National Weather Service positions — representing an estimated 27,000 years of…
Denver Minimum Wage Rising to $19.84/Hour in 2025, Squeezing Restaurant and Small Business Margins
Medium impactDenver's minimum wage will increase to $19.84 per hour on January 1, 2025—a 2.85% rise tied to the consumer price index under a 2019 city ordinance…
ICE expanded its Maine workforce from a decade-long average of 34 employees to 52 in the current fiscal year, a 44% increase fueled by $30 billion in…
ICE expanded its Maine workforce from a decade-long average of 34 employees to 52 in the current fiscal year, a 44% increase fueled by $50,000 signing…
New Jersey AG Sues Amazon Over Alleged Wage Suppression and No-Poach Agreements in Delivery Network
High impactNew Jersey Attorney General Davenport filed a five-count antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on August 4, alleging the company uses its Delivery Service…
Denver-based Mile Hi Foods agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve an EEOC discrimination lawsuit alleging executives systematically refused to hire…
A policy opinion piece highlights two key proposals affecting the caregiving labor market: the Department of Labor's proposed rescission of the 2013…
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) issued revised proposed regulations under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) on…
AI Governance Hiring Lags Far Behind AI Development: 7 Builder Roles Posted for Every 1 Governance Role
Medium impactA new Axipro study of 3,519 AI-related job postings across eight EU countries found companies are hiring seven AI builder roles for every one AI…
AI Governance Hiring Lags Far Behind AI Development: 7 Builder Roles for Every Governance Role in Europe
Medium impactAxipro's 2026 State of AI Governance Hiring in Europe study analyzed 3,519 AI-related job postings across eight EU countries and found companies are…
Black Unemployment at 6.6% Amid DEI Rollbacks and Federal Program Cuts, Op-Ed Warns of 'Black Recession'
Medium impactA op-ed by political strategist Antjuan Seawright cites labor data showing Black unemployment at 6.6% in June — well above the national 4.2% — and…
NYC 'Delivery Protection Act' Would Bar Third-Party Delivery Contractors, Threatening Thousands of Jobs
Medium impactProposed New York City legislation sponsored by Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán would require last-mile warehouse operators to obtain city licenses and…
New data from Axipro's 2026 State of AI Governance Hiring in Europe report — analyzing 3,519 job postings across eight EU countries — reveals…
Advocates and Researchers Push Back on EEOC Proposal to End EEO-1 Workforce Data Collection
Medium impactThe EEOC held a public hearing Tuesday on its proposal to eliminate the 60-year-old EEO-1 reporting requirement, which mandates annual workforce…
Advocates and Employers Push Back Against EEOC Proposal to End EEO-1 Workforce Data Collection
High impactA public EEOC hearing drew 22 speakers — mostly opposed — to the agency's Republican-led 2-1 vote to discontinue the EEO-1 annual workforce…