The US Department of Labor is ending its legal defense of a Biden-era regulation that widened the eligibility for overtime pay for millions of workers.
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Unemployment Insurance Agency is waiving the penalties and interest for employers that did not timely file their unemployment wage reports or pay unemployment taxes for the first quarter of 2026, according to a May 1 agency press release.
The hourly minimum wage in Santa Monica, California, will rise to $18.47 from $17.81 effective July 1, according to an update on the city’s website.
Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Colorado agricultural workers must work at least 56 hours in a workweek before being eligible for overtime, under a bill effective May 4.
The US Department of Labor will make a “final decision” on how to proceed with its regulation governing overtime pay by the end of June, the government told a district court judge.
The Department of Labor’s arm that oversees employee benefits is adding staff after a year of resignations and retirements, offering clues about the agency’s direction moving forward as it adds public-facing workers and reorients its approach to enforcement.
AI changes work itself: who stays employed longer, who exits earlier, which employers can spread costs and governance through pooling, and which collectively bargained industries see their contribution base strengthened or weakened, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel Krause in the second of a two-part article.
A Chinese citizen in Texas opened two fake childcare centers for the purpose of selling H-1B visas to employees he says he hired to work there, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in a new lawsuit Tuesday.
A program allowing foreign graduates on student visas to start careers in the US has seen “become a magnet for fraud,” a top Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday.
Amendments to Mexico’s Federal Labor Law published May 1 decrease the workweek to 40 hours by 2030 and gradually increase the allowable overtime hours per week, matching changes already made to the country’s constitution.
A former
Hungary’s new finance minister pledged to tap frozen European Union funding within months and to meet all criteria for euro adoption within four years as part of a “radical” economic policy shift after
German Chancellor
Congress made the adoption tax credit partially refundable for 2026—but an IRS crackdown on fraud could turn that pro-family policy into another refund-delay mechanism. To fix the problem, the agency should publish specific related guidance to make claiming the credit faster and easier, says Andrew Leahey.
The Argentine Official Gazette May 4 published General Resolution No. 110/2026, setting the May 2026 minimum and maximum guaranteed pension amounts, and the minimum and maximum taxable bases for social ...
The Cypriot Ministry of Finance May 8 announced that the DTA with Vietnam, signed Dec. 15, 2025, will enter into force June 1, 2026. [Cyprus, Ministry of Finance, 05/08/26]
The German Federal Fiscal Court May 7 posted online Decision No. VI R 25/24, clarifying the taxation of special payments made due to the coronavirus pandemic. The taxpayer, an employer, ...
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