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DOL senior leadership team now in place

10/20/2025
The DOL can now move forward with what are anticipated to be substantial changes.

Social media policies tighten as political tensions spill into workplaces

10/20/2025
The line between personal opinion and professional risk continues to shrink—and HR teams are often the ones left holding the rope.

DOT proposes adding two new substances to drug and alcohol testing

10/20/2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation proposes to amend its drug-testing program regulation, 49 CFR Part 40, to add fentanyl and norfentanyl to its drug-testing panels.

Senate confirms EEOC commissioner; quorum restored

10/14/2025
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Senate confirmed over 100 Trump administration nominees, including Brittany Panuccio as a EEOC commissioner. Her appointment restores a quorum to the commission, creating a Republican majority and allowing it to again fully function.

Leadership defense strategies for HR and managers—accountability is key

10/14/2025
At the 2025 HR Specialist Summit, author and consultant Paul Falcone presented Leadership Defense: Verbal & Documented Disciplinary Interventions, focusing on how HR and managers can protect their organization and their people through clear, consistent accountability. Leadership defense, he explained, is about structure, fairness and helping employees succeed before problems escalate, not punishment.

HR Specialist Summit speaker addresses 2025 challenges and previews the year ahead

10/06/2025
At the recent HR Specialist Summit held September 10–11, Anniken Davenport, HR Employment Law Advisor senior legal editor, addressed the top employment law trends of 2025 and what’s coming in 2026.

Private payroll report shows steep job decline

10/06/2025
The latest payroll data release from ADP, issued October 1, shows that private companies dropped more than 32,000 jobs during September. That’s the steepest decline since March 2023.

Court: Toxic social media posts justify denying promotion

09/29/2025
Not everyone wants to spend their time deleting emails, blocking co-workers they don’t see eye to eye with or reading rants on message boards or “forward to all” emails. But employers sometimes don’t know when they can discipline over employees’ posts on and off company resources. Now, a federal appeals court has clarified some limits in a recent case.

Senate confirms block of nominees after rule change

09/29/2025
The U.S. Senate has confirmed a block of 48 presidential nominees days after changing Senate rules to allow one vote on a group of candidates.

A framework for handling HR’s toughest ethical dilemmas

09/29/2025
HR professionals frequently encounter situations where “what is legal” and “what is right” do not align. At the 2025 HR Specialist Summit, Suzanne Lucas, the “Evil HR Lady,” tackled this challenge head-on and offered practical tools for navigating through these dilemmas.