The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that Wisconsin wage and hours laws concerning the compensability of meal periods empower employers to require that such breaks be u...

This year has started with a bang for Illinois employers. Days into 2023, the legislature passed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Act”), which would require Illinois employers to provide m...

Feb. 2—RAYMONDVILLE — After five years of court wranglings, a former Raymondville school district truancy officer's lawsuit is heading back into the wheels of justice. Last week, a Willacy County 1...

On January 26, less than a month before a February 19 increase in the minimum wage was set to take effect for tens of thousands of Michigan workers, the Michigan Appeals Court blocked the increase ...

By Caleb Drickey (February 2, 2023, 10:15 PM EST) -- A Hyatt hotel in Long Beach, California, violated state and municipal protections for cleaning staff by overworking them, underpaying them and d...

In the traumatic and epoch-defining events of the last three years, some of which include raging bushfires and floods, a pandemic, global conflicts, and the recent women-led revolution in Iran, th...

I. Introduction: Themes and Notable Developments A. Themes: Aggressive Enforcement Continues The principal theme of Securities Enforcement this year is consistent with the message this Administrati...

CNN — House Republicans investigating what they believe are political abuses inside the Justice Department got to work this week, securing a private interview with one of their top targets. But th...

The City of Los Angeles recently passed a Fair Work Week Ordinance (FWWO) that has been signed by the Mayor and will take effect April 1, 2023. The FWWO applies to large retail employers in the Ci...