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.
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
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 current effects of AI on retirement plans are operational, fiduciary, and uneven across plan types, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel W. Krause in the first of a two-part article.
A political action committee founded by hedge fund manager Brian Heywood is gearing up for a ballot initiative in its latest bid to dismantle Washington’s new tax on yearly income above $1 million.
Hawaii’s Democratically controlled legislature passed a tax package Friday that establishes a new 13% income tax bracket for households earning more than $1 million per year while preserving some personal income tax cuts for lower-income filers.
Connecticut will expand its pay transparency requirements and the ban on training repayment agreements as part of a broad labor and employment bill that Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed into law.
Georgia will let gig companies like Uber and DoorDash contribute to workers’ portable benefits accounts without forfeiting the drivers’ independent contractor status, under legislation Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law.
A Waldorf-Astoria resort in Maui must pay Hawaii’s minimum wage for each hour that its employees work, rather than rely on a weekly average as employers sometimes do under federal law, the Hawaii Supreme Court decided.
The Finnish Tax Administration May 6 posted online Guidance No. VH/2360/00.01.00/2026, updating guidance for foreign companies starting business in Finland. Topics covered include: 1) foreign companies that are both a ...
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade May 6 announced the initialing of a DTA with Hungary. [New Zealand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 05/06/26]
The Arkansas Governor signed a law that includes: 1) reducing the top individual income tax rate to 3.7 percent beginning with tax year 2026; and 2) reducing the top corporate ...
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