U.S. Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety Alert By: Spencer Hamer, Craig E. Leen, David C. Lindsay, Kathleen D. Parker, Leann M. Walsh, Kelly E. Bungard, Bryan L. Cantley, Kira M. Geary, Gregory...

A company responsible for cleaning meatpacking plants across the country has paid $1.5 million in civil penalties for making children as young as 13 work in dangerous conditions. The fine, announc...

A company responsible for cleaning meatpacking plants across the country has paid $1.5 million in civil penalties for making children as young as 13 work in dangerous conditions. The fine, announc...

TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson’s “broader picture” for tax policy changes came into focus Monday with a plan that involves rolling back tax relief on food so the state can afford to cut in...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) continues its crackdown on FLSA violations. Last week, we told you about million-dollar payouts for wage violations. This week, it’s child labor law violations. ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton and four former top deputies who said he improperly fired them after they accused him of crimes have reached a tentative agreement to end a whistleblower lawsuit. In Oc...

Groundhog Day: Second Proposed Wage and Hour Boss Stuck By Senate HELP. After the Senate voted down a cloture motion to advance the nomination of Dr. David Weil to return as U.S. DOL Wage and Hour ...

Oleh* (on right), 4, plays with his friends in the kindergarten basement during air raid alert (Anastasiia Zahoskina / Save the Children) KYIV, February 20 — Children in Ukraine have been forced t...

Wilson Leaving FTC. Christine Wilson, the only Republican commissioner serving on the Federal Trade Commission, announced this week that she would be resigning her position. In an opinion piece pr...