Archives for December 29, 2025
How To Collaborate Your Way Through Workplace Conflict
What Gen Alpha Priorities Reveal About The Future Of Work And Careers
2026 Work Trends: 10 Experts Predict The Future Of Work
As 2025 draws to a close and we leap into the New Year, 10 experts make predictions for 2026 work trends that reveal revolutionary transformations of how we work.
Why Remote Work Still Faces Resistance: Debunking The Top 3 Myths
Why Highly Effective Companies View Preventive Health As A Core Pillar
Total Person Unionism and the Need for Working-Class Citizenship
Over the past three decades, scholars have written extensively about attempts by post-World War II unions to promote social change and greater member engagement at the community level. These efforts, variously described as “social justice unionism,” “social movement unionism,” “civic unionism,” and “civil rights unionism,” envisioned a larger social role
Cal-WARN 2.0: New Layoff Notice Obligations (SB 617) – Workplace Wake-Up with Jen Shaw
Employers covered by Cal-WARN must now include new information in layoff and closure notices — including access to workforce development and food-assistance programs. Jen details what changed, who’s covered, and how to avoid a compliance crisis during a downsizing.
Federal Court (Mostly) Blocks California’s Push into Labor Law
Federal Court (Mostly) Blocks California’s Push into Labor Law
Last week, a U.S. district court blocked California from enforcing most of its expansive new labor law, AB 288.
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UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting Changes
The UK Employment Rights Act received Royal Assent in Parliament on 18 December 2025. These changes build on the existing duty for employers with 250 or more employees to report annually. From 1 January 2027, these employers will be required to go further by producing mandatory gender pay gap and
European Commission Confirms the EU Pay Transparency Directive Implementation Deadline Remains 7 June 2026
The European Commission (EC) recently confirmed that the implementation deadline for the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970) will be unchanged despite fears that some EU member states may experience delays. The EC issued its written response in answer to a question posed by a member
The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 3 –Privacy, Surveillance, and Labor Law Violations
As we have discussed in prior posts, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal and privacy concerns. In Part 1, we addressed compliance issues that arise when these wearables collect biometric information. In Part 2, we covered…
Littler Elevates More Than 30 Attorneys to Shareholder Status to Launch the New Year
Littler Elevates More Than 30 Attorneys to Shareholder Status to Launch the New Year
(January 5, 2026) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, is launching the new year with a new shareholder class. The firm elevated 34 attorneys to shareholder status across its U.S.
Take Action: Protect America’s Workforce Act | New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives has voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R.
US needs immigrants to sustain the health care workforce
As Americans gather for holiday celebrations, many will quietly give thanks for the health care workers who keep their families and friends well: the ICU nurse who stabilized a grandparent,