Three McDonald’s franchisees in Kentucky have been fined after an investigation by the Department of Labor determined that they employed more than 300 children who worked longer hours than the law...

Nevada lawmakers have proposed to take a page from the False Claims Act and add a whistleblower provision to existing cannabis law. Section 6 of Assembly Bill 413 (AB 413) would require Nevada's Ca...

More than 300 children, including two 10-year-olds, were found working at McDonald's restaurants across Kentucky and several other states in violation of federal labor laws, the Labor Department sa...

Sen. Bernie Sanders is introducing a bill on Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour. He confirmed the plans to Insider on Wednesday. The federal minimum wage is $7.25, and it's remaine...

LINDENHURST, NY — The U.S. Department of Labor recovered more than $333,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 51 employees of a Lindenhurst maintenance company, after it issued separate che...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in Albany passed a $229 billion spending plan that will increase the state's minimum wage, tweak its bail laws and attempt to curb illegal and unlicensed marijuana sh...

Stephen M. Kohn, founding partner of Kohn, Kohn, & Colapinto LLP, is one of the nation’s leading qui tam and whistleblower attorneys. Disclosures made by Kohn’s clients have resulted in frauds...

Nearly seven years past its Congressionally-set deadline, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finally proposed rules for its legally-mandated whistleblower award program...

For more than 150 years, the U.S. Constitution has relegated prisoners to a distinct underclass that allows us to be exploited for our cheap, and in many cases unpaid, labor. Although the 13th Ame...

Posted at 10:21 AM, May 03, 2023 and last updated 7:37 AM, May 03, 2023 (LEX 18) — Three Kentucky McDonald's franchise operators have to pay over $212,000 after federal investigators found 305 min...