The U.S. Department of Labor has been cracking down on overtime violations and illegal deductions. In one recent case, DOL Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered more than $66K in back wage...

A Medtronic Plc unit won its bid to review communications between a False Claims Act whistleblower accusing the company of paying kickbacks and various media outlets and a Senate committee. Thomas...

In today’s news and commentary, Teamsters locals endorse the union’s tentative agreement with UPS; Trader Joe’s sues its workers’ union for trademark infringement; a GOP probe into teachers unions...

HOOD RIVER – Guillermina Salguero and her husband have processed and packed cherries and pears in the Columbia River Gorge each of the last eight summers, taking jobs in both Washington and Oregon...

The budget signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday expands a range of programs that could boost pay and lower costs for residents across the state. The budget funds state government for...

Whistleblower advocates heralded the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act, which passed Congress in December 2022, as one of the most important anti-corruption laws ever passe...

WASHINGTON – As people around the globe recognize World Breastfeeding Week and the U.S. honors National Breastfeeding Month, the U.S. Department of Labor today launched “Power to Pump,” a nationwid...

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Twenty-five years ago this week, the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was passed, receiving Royal Assent to go on the statute book. The resultant national minimum wage was introduced on April 1, 199...

The whistleblower cuts a lonely figure. Disruptive by definition, the whistleblower is the ultimate outsider – a shadowy player who ignores not only the rules, but the very team itself. The whistl...