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We’re seeing less and less opportunities in the workforce for entry level jobs, and of the work that does exist, Gen Z wants it to matter. While some think a solution doesn’t exist for everything, Wrench Group’s SVP of Talent Strategy, Julie Anderson, thinks otherwise. The secret? Trade Labor, and their need for new talent. […]
Mastery is not just what you know. It’s what you can do with what you know. When 40-year-old Vozinha joined the Cape Verde national team in their 2026 World Cup opener against Spain, most people watching had no idea that he would become a breakout star of the tournament. It wasn’t until he shut out […]
Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Arizona Minimum Wage Act (AMWA) require “employers” to pay employees minimum wage for all hours worked. Restaurant owners often use layered LLCs to separate ownership from operations, oftentimes intended to insulate the entities and owners from liability. When a lawsuit is filed against layered LLCs, many […]
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-9 on July 22, concluding that when a non-exempt employee voluntarily splits a workday between home and the office, the mid-day commute generally remains unpaid “ordinary” travel, even if the employee performs compensable work at home before or after the trip. WHD clarified […]
For many American workers, financial insecurity isn’t a temporary response to a difficult economy. It has become a persistent part of everyday life. In fact, financial stress has consistently been ranked as a top concern keeping employees up at night, according to ARAG research over the last four years. Today, those concerns are being intensified […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued two opinion letters addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employee travel time in modern work arrangements. Together, the letters provide helpful guidance for employers managing hybrid office employees, field service employees, and other nonexempt workers who perform some […]
AI strategies are often built around technology: which tools to buy, where to deploy them and how quickly they can scale. What determines whether those strategies succeed is often less technical. West Monroe’s recent report, Building the AI-Native Enterprise, found that while 91% of leaders say their organizations are aligned on AI strategy, only 57% […]
As a recent case demonstrates, favoring employees based on their religion can be as troublesome as penalizing employees for their religious beliefs. Religion at the Hospital Stephanie Osei was employed as a nurse at Brookside Hospital Medical Center for 22 years. For the last three years, she worked in the hospital’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit […]
I do not typically write in first person. But this article is all about trying and Trying, so for purposes of this article, I am trying something new. And I am trying to convince you to watch Trying, a delightful British TV show that just wrapped up its fifth season (and I’m hoping for a […]
With comments now submitted, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has cleared the last procedural hurdle to promulgating a final rule eliminating the requirement that employers disclose demographic data through EEO-1 reports. For more than sixty years, private employers with more than 100 employees and federal contractors with more than 50 employees have been required […]