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U.S. Department of Justice attorneys asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily suspend the Labor Department’s appeals in two cases challenging its 2024 Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rule, according to an April 24 court filing. Texas ...

Dive Brief: Field staff for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will not apply the agency’s 2024 independent contractor rule in their enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a DOL bulletin announced Thursday. Instead, the department ...

Total nonfarm payroll rose by 177,000 jobs in April, and unemployment hovered at 4.2% — an announcement that surprised economists amid news that the U.S. GDP shrunk for the first time in three years. “The key question now: Is this ...

Dive Brief: A job applicant sued Paycom last week, alleging the background check provider incorrectly reported his twin brother’s charges to a prospective employer. A manufacturing company offered a job to the plaintiff, Rodney, earlier this year. It conducted a ...

Dive Brief: A bipartisan coalition of family leave advocates introduced the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The two-part legislation seeks to “expand access to paid family leave across the country through state-driven, innovative, ...

Dive Brief: An estimated 1 in 10 U.S. workers plan to take what is being coined as a “micro-retirement” this year, according to a recent report by SideHustles.com. “More Americans — especially Millennials and Generation Z — are stepping away ...

PayPal Holdings handed out eye-catching pay packages in 2024 after CEO Alex Chriss arrived a year earlier and began filling out his new executive team. Chriss, who took PayPal’s top post in September 2023, has been revamping the company’s C-suite ...

While most job seekers are using artificial intelligence tools for basic help, like assistance writing a cover letter, some may be using the technology to forge documents and create fake resumes, said RJ Frasca, vice president of channels and partnerships ...

Dive Brief: Worker anxiety about layoffs is rapidly increasing, hitting middle managers the hardest, according to a recent survey by Perceptyx. In March, 35% of employees worried about layoffs, up from 30% in February, while 45% of middle managers say ...