Roundup: Overtime, Minimum Wage, AI in HR, Noncompete Agreements, and Job Requirements

"The 2016 regulations never went into effect. Employers rejoiced. Employees mourned. Human resources professionals went to therapy." Congress is considering salary thresholds for overtime. We'll see what happens this time. But it's important to track.

Find out about the latest OT salary threshold bill in Congress.

The federal minimum wage has not been increased since 2009. So, states, like New York, are raising the minimum wage to help attract and retain workers.

Here's some context on the tension between state and federal employment laws and the details on New York's latest minimum wage legislation.

When people's lives and careers are at stake, we need to understand the limitations of all approaches – human and tech. We also need to remember that computers are not liable for our employment decisions. We are.

Read more about the benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence (AI) in HR.

Noncompete agreements are not the protection businesses think they are. Getting rid of them raises new issues.

Here's more on where noncompete agreements are unenforceable and why.

As we move toward hiring based on skills instead of qualifications, we need to understand the real-life work rather than what we think the job is. Then we can start to describe jobs in ways that help find workers who will be great based on what they can do and what they can learn to do instead of simply where they've been.

Here are 5 great questions to ask about job requirements.