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Weingarten rights: when you can ask for a union rep
A Supreme Court rule from 1975 still decides who can bring a witness into the room when an employer starts asking questions that could end in discipline.
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How to document wage theft before you file a complaint
Pay stubs, time records and saved texts are what turn a suspicion about unpaid wages into a claim an investigator can act on.
Unions
Duty to bargain: what good faith actually requires
Both sides at the table carry a legal obligation. Here is what it demands, what it does not, and how the labor board decides it was broken.
A leadership summit sells culture. Who actually buys it?
The Inspired Culture Summit's ticket tiers reveal what companies pay for personal transformation, and what workers get left holding.
How a federal workplace rule gets made: the notice-and-comment pipeline
An OSHA exposure limit or a DOL overtime threshold becomes binding law through the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment process — a published proposal, a public docket, and a reasoned final rule.
Weingarten rights: when you can ask for a union rep
A Supreme Court rule from 1975 still decides who can bring a witness into the room when an employer starts asking questions that could end in discipline.
OPM finalizes rules moving federal RIF appeals from board to agency
Two final rules published August 3 shift appeals of furloughs, separations and demotions to OPM itself, effective September 2, ending the MSPB hearing route.
Shift work and the body clock
A primer on non-day schedules — who works them, what federal safety research says about the health evidence, and which scheduling design rules follow from it.
How union democracy litigation works under federal law
The Landrum-Griffin Act gives union members a bill of rights and two enforcement tracks — an internal appeals route, then the Labor Department's civil suit system — with strict deadlines on each.
How HR Teams Can Track Labor Law Changes All Year
A working system for catching federal and state deadlines before they catch you.
Supreme Court to weigh the Labor Department's farmworker enforcement power
The Court agreed to decide how far the department can go to court for farmworkers owed pay, a question that shapes protections for hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers.
Workplace surveillance and the law
Most workplace monitoring is lawful, with notice required in a minority of states; this explainer covers what can be tracked, disclosed and challenged.
What arbitration agreements bind — and what they cannot touch
A signed arbitration agreement sends most employment disputes to a private forum, but the scope of what it binds runs through federal statute and stops at the courthouse door for certain claims.
Missouri repeals the paid sick leave voters approved
House Bill 567, signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe on July 10, 2025, ended the earned paid sick time mandate on August 28, 2025 and froze future minimum wage inflation adjustments.
Justice Department opinion calls EEOC disparate-impact guidance unconstitutional
A 25-page Office of Legal Counsel opinion, released June 9, concludes Title VII liability cannot rest on unequal outcomes alone; courts, not DOJ, will decide.