SpotOn HR https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home – Logged In Employer Insights One Big Beautiful Bill: Penalty Relief for TY 2025 Immigration Updates: H-1B Fee Clarification and the End of Automatic Extensions of Employment Authorization Documents New Executive Order Continues Federal Hiring Freeze NLRB: Limited in Imposing Damages Third Circuit: FLSA Releases Allowed in Rule 23 Opt-Out Settlements Eleventh Circuit: Employer’s Labels Do Not Matter When Employees are Misclassified as Independent Contractors California: Wrongful Termination for Mandatory Polygraph Test Massachusetts: Retention Bonuses Are Not “Wages” Under State Wage Act New York, NY: New Pay Data and Pay Equity Reporting Requirements Columbus, OH: New Pay Transparency Requirements Coming Oregon: New Template for Employers to Comply with Pay Disclosure Requirements Philadelphia, PA: Ban the Box Requirements Expanded OTHER UPDATES Recent Immigration Updates Login New Labor Challenges for Employers: Major Changes to H-1B Visa Process and Enforcement Federal Government Shutdown Impacted E-Verify Proposed OBBB Regulations Issued for the Tip Tax Deduction FTC Overhauls Enforcement and Oversight of Non-Compete Agreements Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letters on Several Wage and Hour Issues Sixth Circuit: Avoid Aggressive Tactics to Determine Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs for Religious Accommodations Alaska: Final Regulations Published for Paid Sick Leave Law California: Are Recent Legislative Updates Really that Shocking? Colorado: Workers’ Compensation Changes to Employee Selection of Treating Physician HR Library Goal Setting and Time Management Connecticut: Protections for Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking Victims Delaware: New Pay Transparency Requirements New York, NY: Legislative Update Allegheny County, PA: Executive Order Attempts to Fill NLRB Gaps Washington: Isolated Worker Harassment Law Amended Washington: Broad Interpretation of “Applicant” for Purposes of Pay Transparency Violations OTHER UPDATES Employee Tax Deduction Updates on the Big Beautiful Bill NLRB Updates Immigration Updates Uncertainty Continues for TPS Status for Venezuela EEOC Efforts to Protect Religious Freedom at Work Department of Labor Expands Self-Audit Program Second Circuit: Evidence of Sincerely Held Beliefs Clarified for Religious Accommodations Third Circuit: Computer Use Policy Violations and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Sixth Circuit: Intermittent Leave Estimates Are Not Caps Sixth Circuit: Limited Liability for Employers for Harassment by Third Parties Seventh Circuit: More Flexible Standard for Issuing Notice of Collective Actions Ninth Circuit: Ministerial Exception Applies to Jobs that Further the Religious Mission Arkansas: Legislative Updates California: Structure of Piece Rate Compensation Determines Compliance Delaware: More Paid Family and Medical Leave Changes!