The Trump administration accused Microsoft Corp., Adobe Inc. and a half-dozen other companies of abusing a US worker visa program and suspended them indefinitely from a longstanding immigration initiative that’s served as a crucial talent pipeline for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

From the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to restrict opportunities for non-Americans to gain entry or remain in the US. In the latest action on that front, his administration said on Oct. 8 that it would indefinitely suspend the ability of a number of technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., to sponsor foreign employees for permanent residency in the US.

A Starbucks Corp. store in Florida violated federal labor law by enforcing a policy limiting employees to one facial piercing without first bargaining with its employee union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

A federal appeals court declined to resurrect a Black FedEx employee’s claims she was denied a promotion because she complained about harassment.

Keeping human decision-makers involved when businesses use AI to hire and fire employees is slowly gaining traction among state lawmakers, notably in newly enacted California legislation and rulemaking underway in Colorado.

Texas’ education chief may have squandered a quick trial court victory by failing to challenge a teachers union’s standing to bring claims, justices on the state supreme court said during oral arguments Wednesday.