Commentary and Insights

All Items: Workforce Compliance

  • Ask Our Experts: Form I-9 and E-Verify

    Date:
    July 8, 2025

    The second Trump administration continues to focus on Form I-9 requirements and employment eligibility verification as it escalates audits and worksite immigration enforcement. This article revisits questions related to the I-9 and E-Verify that the Brightmine Ask Our Experts service has received from HR professionals navigating this compliance minefield.

  • Supreme Court Levels Playing Field for Discrimination Claims

    Date:
    June 9, 2025

    This article discusses the Supreme Court ruling that requirements to show workplace discrimination must be the same for members of majority and minority groups and what employers need to know.

  • Avoid Summertime Sadness: Limit Risks of International Travel for Foreign Nationals

    Date:
    May 28, 2025

    In this summer's climate of increasingly stringent immigration policies, HR and foreign national employees must carefully weigh the risks of international travel. This article details options to consider and precautions to take before non-citizens undertake travel abroad.

  • EU Pay Transparency: Don't Wait to Prepare

    Date:
    May 14, 2025

    This article discusses the fast-approaching deadline for European Union member states to implement the EU pay transparency directive - and what employers should do now to prepare.

  • When It's More Than a Cold: A Time Off Refresher

    Date:
    April 28, 2025

    This article discusses employer considerations when employees need extended time away from work for themselves or a family member due to illnesses on the rise, like measles and whooping cough.

  • Ask Our Experts: Getting Voluntary Terminations Right

    Date:
    April 15, 2025

    Ask Our Experts answered several questions about managing nuances of voluntary terminations.

  • The New Landscape of EEO, Affirmative Action and DEI

    Date:
    March 27, 2025

    This article discusses the current state of EEO, affirmative action and DEI under the second Trump administration, what has and has not changed, and what to do in response.

  • Discrimination Protection Rollback: Will Iowa Start a State Trend?

    Date:
    March 10, 2025

    This article discusses the implications of the first state law to roll back discrimination protections for gender identity and things that employers faced with such changes should keep in mind.

  • Global Legislative Changes to Look Out for in 2025

    Date:
    January 24, 2025

    Our international editor Ronelle Barreto presents shifts in the future legislative landscape in 26 different countries - at a glance.

  • Ask Our Experts: Form I-9

    Date:
    January 21, 2025

    With the renewed focus on Form I-9 compliance and enforcement under the new presidential administration, Ask Our Experts has the answers to some common I-9 retention questions.

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