Starbucks To Pay $35M Settlement to NYC Workers Over Fair Workweek Law Violations
Amidst ongoing strikes by Starbucks baristas, the coffee chain is now expected to pay out a large settlement to...
Monthly Archives: December 2025
2025 | A Year of Change, Part One
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When FLSA Retaliation Reaches Beyond the Direct Employer
Most people assume FLSA retaliation claims start and end with the employer on the worker’s W-2. Not so. The Ninth Circuit just widened the blast radius. TL;DR: The Ninth Circuit held that a worker who files an FLSA lawsuit against one business can pursue a retaliation claim against a
Maine State Workers Union Alleges Bad Faith Contract Bargaining
The Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989) recently filed a...
When FLSA Retaliation Reaches Beyond the Direct Employer
&n b s p; Most people assume FLSA retaliation claims start and end with the employer on the worker’s...
Maine State Workers Union Alleges Bad Faith Contract Bargaining
The Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989) recently filed a...
AI and Employee Wellbeing: Why HR Should Take Action Now
While organizations invest millions in AI transformation, pursuing automation, productivity, and returns, a quieter crisis is unfolding beneath the...
AI and Employee Wellbeing: Why HR Should Take Action Now
W hile organizations invest millions in AI transformation, pursuing automation, productivity, and returns, a quieter crisis is unfolding beneath...
Should Organizations Rely on AI for Performance Reviews?
Is the future of performance reviews now intrinsically tied to AI? That could just be the case. With the...
How do you retain employees who are only here for the paycheck?
Today’s workplace is being reshaped by an unusual trend. Many employees are no longer aiming for awards, promotions or...
The Untold Cost of Leaving HR Out (Part 1)
In this raw, early-morning drive episode of The Business of Alignment, AJ steps back into the mic after an...
More Growth, More Problems, More Misalignment (Part 1)
In this raw, early-morning drive episode of The Business of Alignment, AJ steps back into the mic after an...
How to go from surviving to thriving at work
“I think, in the corporate world, a lot of us are experiencing survival mode, not acute like when a tiger is chasing you, but chronic, that it can go on for years.”
Starbucks to pay $39M in New York City labor settlement
New York City alleged the company violated its Fair Workweek rules upwards of 500,000 times between 2021 and 2024.
Trump administration illegally fired workers for real or perceived DEI roles, lawsuit alleges
The president’s “anti-DEI”-related directives allegedly “were targeted actions intended to punish perceived polit ical enemies.”
The Next Big Workforce Question: Who Gets Displaced by AI?
Welcome to the Workplace Minute, brought to you by H3 HR Advisors. Your quick-hit version of the HR Happy...