HR & Recruiting — Court rulings on FMLA outsourcing liability and benefit cuts at major employers highlight rising legal and retention risks for HR leaders

HR & Recruiting · 2026-05-01

Today's HR intelligence converges on a single theme: the growing gap between organizational cost-cutting impulses and the legal and retention consequences that follow. A federal court ruling that outsourced FMLA administration can constitute employer interference signals that delegating leave management to third parties does not delegate liability — a meaningful shift for the thousands of…