New Hire Activities: Compensable or Not?
In Martinho v. Amazon, Inc., a federal court analyzed which of Amazon’s new hire activities were compensable under…
GDS recruits for head of responsible data innovation and AI  – PublicTechnology
Appointee could receive an annual salary in excess of £94,262 for leading work on horizon scanning, creating a…
Disability employment provider Bedford kept afloat with $4.4m funding injection as hunt for buyer continues
Australia’s second-largest disability employment provider Bedford will be kept afloat by a federal government funding injection as it…
Tracking the rebound in tourism employment
As we mark World Tourism Day, attention shifts to the millions of workers driving the sector’s recovery. From…
Mississippi records historic job count but economic uncertainty still clouds labor market
Mississippi currently ranks 49th in the country for its labor force participation rate, but Miller believes Mississippi’s labor…
California Seeks to Ban ‘Stay or Pay’ Employment Clauses | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
[co-author: Leah Shepherd] On September 11, 2025, the California Legislature passed a bill that would ban “stay or…
Dunedin restaurant hires people of all abilities
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Finding a job can be challenging — and if you have a disability, it can be…
She Applied on LinkedIn and Landed a Perfect Job. Then She Lost $4,300
Two years after graduating at the top of her class in college, Amisha Datta could not believe she’d…
Layoffs across the U.S. this year are at their highest level since 2020, new data shows
Employers across the U.S. cut nearly 950,000 jobs this year through September, the largest number of layoffs since…
Blanco Public Policy Center Looks at LA Employment/Education Data
In 2023 the Louisiana Legislature passed legislation creating a data research system called LA FIRST. Housed at the…
Netflix will pay you up to $700k per year—and let you work fully remote—if you can harness AI to make employees more productive
If a high salary, remote work, and working with generative AI are all music to your ears, Netflix…
how careful should you be?
This recent EAT decision will feel familiar to many employers: how far can HR go in helping managers…