Illinois Jury-Duty Policy 2027: 26-Employee Line and Regular-Rate Math
Treat the new paid jury-duty rule as a payroll and policy update, while keeping jury leave protected and non-retaliatory for every employer.
Policy
Handbooks, leave, and the rules written down.
September 2026
Nebraska RIF: Use the 90-Day Notice Checklist to Close the Federal WARN Gap
For covered Nebraska employers, a federal WARN checklist can miss the state deadline, the NDOL filing, and the handbook-copy requirement.
Connecticut AI Employment Tools: Notice Fields for Hire, Promote, Fire
If an AI tool substantially influences an employment decision, put the notice fields in writing before the decision.
Colorado FAMLI 2026 Pay Update: $1,448.02 Cap and Leave Paperwork
Update your Colorado FAMLI worksheet, claim file, and employee notice before the next leave request.
Add Illinois NICU Leave to Your Handbook Without a New Leave System
A practical way to add Illinois NICU leave to existing FMLA administration without creating a separate leave system.
Set the right July 18 minimum wage: use age, location, and the controlling-rate rule
Nebraska payroll should apply the highest applicable rate by age, emancipation status, and work location, then track the future cap.
File Washington Paid Leave by October 31
A four-item checklist for Washington HR leads to file quarterly, pay premiums, and track the cumulative penalty ladder.
Florida $15 Minimum Wage Payroll and Poster Checklist
Set regular and tipped rates, build tip shortfall make-up, update the wage poster, and note the 2027 calculation before the final pay periods.
Connecticut October 1, 2026 Checklist: Job Posts, Onboarding, Pay Codes
Treat the state package as a dated document map: update postings, onboarding, timekeeping, and pay-code pages only where the law requires it.
Holding a Job for TDI/FLI Leave Without a New Policy
Track benefit receipt, preserve reinstatement, and edit the handbook without creating a broader leave entitlement.
Even Without EEO-1, Keep a Defensible Workforce-Data File
If federal demographic reporting shrinks, your workforce-data file still has to answer pay-equity and discrimination questions without a scramble.
If EEO-1 disappears, keep the data that lets you defend pay and promotion decisions
If the filing stops, your job-level demographic, pay, and promotion records become the main evidence for defending pay and promotion decisions.
Turn Canada’s soft August jobs report into a defensible workforce plan
A soft jobs report is not legal cover to cut or freeze; it is a prompt to document the business reason, affected roles, alternatives, and decision owner.
Pay Transparency Laws Are Not All the Same Law
More than a dozen states now require some form of pay transparency. What counts as compliant in one state can be a violation in the next.
August 2026
An Accommodation Request Rarely Sounds Like One
Employees do not have to cite the ADA or use any legal term to trigger an employer's duty to engage. What that duty actually requires, step by step.
FMLA Guarantees the Job Back. It Does Not Guarantee a Paycheck
Federal law protects a worker's job during family leave but not their pay. A growing number of states have built separate programs to cover the gap.
Paid Sick Leave Means Something Different in Every State
There is no federal paid sick leave law. State and city rules on accrual, waiting periods, and carryover show how differently a minimum can be defined.
The Overtime Salary Line Just Snapped Back to Where It Was
A rule raised the pay floor for exempt employees, a court vacated it, and the floor just returned to its old level. What actually changed, and what did not.
Remote Work Didn't Change What Counts as Hours Worked
The FLSA and FMLA rules for hours and eligibility do not change when an employee works from home. What a federal bulletin actually restates.
The FMLA Eligibility Test Managers Get Wrong
Federal leave law does not cover every worker at every company. The three-part test that decides who actually qualifies trips up even careful HR teams.
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