Verizon announced on Jan. 15 that it had agreed to pursue targeted workforce programming and digital inclusion in order to receive approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to proceed with its Frontier Communications merger, a deal valued at nearly $20 billion.Catch up. Last May, Verizon said in a
No-hire agreements have quietly lived in vendor and service contracts for years. The FTC has now made clear that they are an active antitrust enforcement target. TL;DR: The Federal Trade Commission entered a consent order prohibiting a company from using no-hire agreements in customer contracts. The FTC treated those provisions
As employers consider whether to add GLP-1 drugs for weight loss to their health plans, one central question is whether these medications can help reduce long-term costs.The hope is that when employees lose weight with the help of these drugs, they’ll experience fewer complications from chronic conditions such as diabetes
From DEI rollbacks to leadership challenges, HR pros face new obstacles seemingly every day.HR Brew has spoken with several authors over the past year whose books aim to help people people navigate these and other pressing issues. Here, we’ve rounded up a few that might be worth adding to the
The world is filled with irony, especially in 2026. Just a month ago, the world’s biggest HR organization lost a workplace discrimination suit. Now, the Department of Labor (DOL) could be facing its own potential HR violations.A DOL employee filed a complaint against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, alleging she abused
Constructive discharge is one of the most misunderstood concepts in employment law. Employees often assume that feeling sidelined, embarrassed, or treated unfairly is enough to turn a resignation into a legal claim. Courts, however, continue to apply a far stricter standard – one that looks past discomfort and focuses on
Learn the importance of having a plan for Immigration and Enforcement visits. Gain insights and guidance from an employment law firm. The post What to Do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement Shows Up at Your Worksite appeared first on hr bartender.
If last year’s news cycle felt like a nonstop barrage of corporate layoff announcements, that’s because it was.Employers announced over 1,200,000 job cuts in 2025, up 58% from 2024, when 761,000 layoffs were disclosed, according to an analysis from outplacement services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. That’s also the highest
Higher-paid workers will have greater chances of being selected for the H-1B visa program under a new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month.On Dec. 23, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the DHS was amending the process for H-1B visa recipient selection
