Commentary and Insights

All Items: Workforce Compliance

  • Managing Extra Pay Periods Caused by the Calendar

    Date:
    November 20, 2025

    HR and Payroll departments play a crucial role in forecasting and managing extra pay periods caused by the calendar. While they are a natural occurrence, failure to plan for them can lead to a surprising increase in payroll costs. Early preparation is essential to manage the financial impact and ensure smooth operations for all stakeholders.

  • Tips for Harmonizing Federal and Multistate Family and Medical Leave Compliance

    Date:
    November 12, 2025

    Managing family and medical leave across multiple states is a compliance minefield. The federal FMLA sets a baseline, but state-specific laws often impose stricter or conflicting requirements, especially around documentation and notice obligations. This article offers strategies to maintain compliance across jurisdictions and avoid costly missteps.

  • Ask Our Experts: Analyzing Accommodations

    Date:
    October 30, 2025

    Ask Our Experts recently answered several questions about reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  • Eight Steps to Managing ADA Accommodation Requests Related to Mental Health

    Date:
    September 12, 2025

    This article discusses steps for employers to take to provide reasonable accommodations under the Americans With Disabilities Act related to employees' mental health.

  • Annual Paid Leave Entitlement - A Global View

    Date:
    September 10, 2025

    Welcome to the Brightmine interactive world map showing annual paid leave entitlements in 28 countries. This visual tool allows you to explore how many days of annual paid leave employees are entitled to in different regions.

  • HR Pros Unsure if Handbooks are Compliant

    Date:
    August 15, 2025

    New survey data reveals that HR workers struggle to keep employee handbooks in compliance and think their company's handbook processes need improvement.

  • 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.

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