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A higher rate of workers tested positive for drugs last year than at any time since 2004. That’s a big reason why New York City has taken the unprecedented step of banning employers from testing job applicants for marijuana, the most commonly detected substance in drug tests.

Sneaky job seekers, urine trouble now! Using fake pee to skirt drug testing has become such an epidemic nationwide that many states are working to ban sales of the substance. It’s a development sure to make a splash in the labor market!

Legislative efforts continue at the federal level to prevent employers from asking job seekers questions about their salary history and make pay equal between men and women.

Do your employees have reserved parking spots at your workplace? If so, you could owe taxes on those parking spaces! In other news, more and more businesses are giving ex-offenders a chance in the wake of low unemployment, and salary history bans for job seekers reached the Midwest last week.

A new federal overtime rule could become the law of the land next year. Could reclassifying your employees save your business money? We’ve got the answers in today’s Weekend Roundup.

Changes could be coming to the way U.S. business calculate and pay out overtime wages, and the Senate will consider a bill that makes E-Verify mandatory for all employers. Is your business prepared? This and other news in today’s Weekend Roundup:

An increase in jobless benefits claims leads some experts to believe the U.S. labor market is finally beginning to slow. That could be good news for many employers, especially since companies who want to hire seasonal guest workers on H-2B visas will now have to go through multiple lotteries first.

With the nationwide unemployment rate now at a 50-year low, finding and retaining qualified workplace talent has rarely presented more challenges.

As U.S. job openings surge, workers are becoming much harder to find in certain industries.

If your organization hasn’t gone over its background check forms in a while, now is the time: A U.S. Court of Appeals recently reconsidered discloser rules required by the FCRA.

Have you seen a rise in absenteeism on the day after the big game? Many workplaces across the country are. Today’s Weekend Roundup includes a few tips on how to keep productivity and morale high on a rough Monday.

Though some experts say the number overstates the health of the U.S. economy, weekly jobless claims in the country fell to their lowest level in decades this month.