The HourSquare blog

The Family and Medical Leave Act turned 30 in 2023. Three decades in, the law's quirks still trap HR teams. Here's the modern operational view.

The single most common compliance error in US payroll has not changed in 80 years. Here's what the FLSA actually says and where the 2026 thresholds land.

Most employee-monitoring deployments since 2020 are unlawful under EU privacy rules. Here's what GDPR, the EDPB and the ICO actually require — and the workable middle path.

The AI Act's high-risk category captures almost every algorithmic recruiting and people-decision tool. Here's the obligations stack and what HR buyers should be asking vendors right now.

Every HR vendor that touches employee data is a processor under GDPR. Here's the Article 28 checklist and what to look for in a vendor's DPA before you sign.

The Directive enters national law across the EU in June 2026. Here's what changes for pay bands, job ads, gender-gap reporting, and the data you need to be holding now.

Georgia's severance rules under Articles 47-48 are short, specific, and frequently misapplied by employers used to EU or US norms. Here's the actual math.

An employee record is the single largest GDPR exposure most SMBs run. Here's the lawful-basis map, retention defaults, and the five places HR teams trip up.