The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”) (the $1.7 trillion government funding bill) includes provisions that provide Federal workplace protections for pregnant and nursing moms.[1] Whe...

A whistleblower lost his appeal to reinstate a False Claims Act suit against L-3 Communications Corp. alleging that the defense contractor fraudulently billed the US government for work performed ...

A whistleblower alleges in a complaint filed in October that there are still serious privacy and data security concerns at Twitter, according to a January 25 Bloomberg article. The whistleblower a...

ALBANY, NY (WENY) — While serving lunch to restaurant workers who traveled to the state capital from New York City, lawmakers announced reintroducing a bill that would phase out sub-minimum wages f...

In November 2020, whistleblowers alerted San Diego County about problems in its public defender’s office. The warning came two years before a jury awarded millions in damages to an ex-employee ear...

In 2022 the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills and nearly 1,000 became law signed by Governor Gavin. Here’s a sampling of some you may find of interest. Minimum Wage: The new statewi...

Your guide to California policy and politics Has California reached an upper limit on what it can do to regulate guns? Following a pattern as old as gun control itself, state lawmakers are respondi...

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Suddenly Walmart WMT -0.1% is raising wages for store associates and is adding new tech positions. The move, initiated by Walmart’s U.S. president and CEO John Furner, is an effort to give associa...