29.10.2019 01.55 GMT+0000
Employers need to develop strategies for dealing with state/federal tug-of-war over regulatory authority.
![The (Individual) States of America vs The United States of America](https://blog.retireaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MF1952.jpg)
The states and the federal government are engaged in a tug-of-war over the ability to issue rules affecting key HR and benefits matters. This is a game with no winners.
There is an ongoing conflict between the federal government and individual states over benefits and HR policies--with states seeking to fill gaps left by the federal government and the federal government claiming that the state initiatives are preempted.