Workplace covers the terms of employment as they are actually set: working hours, hybrid and remote arrangements, compensation bands, promotion criteria and office design. Reporting follows specific employers through specific changes, including what the change cost and whether staff stayed. Written for managers and employees on either side of the table.
A Texas judge vacated the federal overtime expansion, but state thresholds kept rising — leaving employers with a patchwork and workers with a map.
Michael Hayes · January 31, 2026
Companies stopped arguing about days in office and started assigning them by role, team, and level. The new fights are about who lands in which tier.
Michael Hayes · January 8, 2026