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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation to strengthen whistleblower protections at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ...

Claims Act kickback allegations filed by a former employee had already been disclosed to the government in previous litigation. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is...

State House News Service New polling suggests statewide support for another minimum wage hike, and as lawmakers weigh a push to raise the wage floor, an advocacy coalition is now pondering a ballo...

The sudden closure of a bank can create a host of ripple effects. It is important that employers stay alert and vigilant in managing their employment practices when faced with liquidity concerns t...

4.2% recovery is ‘lower than is typically approved’ Both sides’ supplemental briefing due April 7 Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. and workers who say it forced them to skip meal and r...

action, alleging that she and others were not paid proper overtime wages in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the k...

On March 9, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) provided an update on the first five years of its Whistleblower Program. The OSC notes that the program, the first and only securities whistlebl...

Last year in Naranjo, the California Supreme Court held that meal period premium pay constitutes “wages” for purposes of derivative claims for (i) waiting time penalties under Labor Code section 2...

Earlier this month in Maia v. IEW Construction Group, the New Jersey Appellate Division confronted a critical issue concerning this state’s wage and hour laws. The case centered on amendments pass...