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Compensation & Benefits
OBBBA includes changes for dependent care plans and day care
07/28/2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act provides employers with additional incentives to offer day-care benefits to their employees and assistance for employee dependent care expenses.
Employee Relations
Detailed personnel records defeat bias claim
07/28/2025
Employers who keep detailed personnel records that include objective, fact-driven performance reviews often win discrimination lawsuits soon after the employee sues.
Employment Law
Which DOL regs could vanish? Top 4 to watch
07/28/2025
The Department of Labor has identified over 60 regulations for elimination. These are the top four regulations slated for elimination that most affect employers.
Hiring
How to protect your small business from an ICE raid
07/28/2025
The Trump administration has begun a big push to deport as many individuals without the legal right to work in the United States as possible. The effort includes raiding businesses with a high proportion of workers with Hispanic origins.
HR Management
White House unveils AI action plan
07/28/2025
The plan identifies more than 90 federal policy actions across three pillars, and the Trump administration says it supports a worker-first AI agenda.
Terminations
Discover work mistakes during FMLA? Here’s what to do
06/23/2025
Employees who take FMLA leave are protected from retaliation for doing so. That’s led to the mistaken belief among some employees that they can’t be disciplined or fired while on leave. That’s not the case.
Article Archives
OSHA penalty adjustments good news for small employers
Compliance overload: Measuring the time cost for HR
Building a skills-powered workforce: Turning strategy into impact
The case against perfect-attendance awards
Equal pay: Document how and why jobs differ
Make self-audits an integral component of your I-9 procedures
EEOC resumes processing some gender-identity cases
Trump nominates two NLRB members, reaching board quorum
Morning sickness may also qualify as ADA disability
Funding gaps put compliance confidence at risk
Companies are hiring, but they need help doing it right
Student loan repayments return Aug. 1: How to help your team
What’s shaping HR in 2025: Skills, trust and the productivity push
Turn the CIVILITY model into everyday HR action
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