Storm Water Inspection & Maintenance Services (SWIMS) has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a class action and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit that accused the company of violating...

CareOne Health Services, LLC isn’t entitled to summary judgment on three former personal care assistants’ collective claims of failure to pay overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Con...

Mark Robertson, Deputy Compliance Officer & Senior Counsel of NAVEX, considers the impact of the Directive on EU companies and the best courses of action those waiting for it to be transposed ...

State Supreme Court upholds 2018 changes for setting prevailing wage Prevailing wages in some central Washington counties have increased 40% from a year ago for carpenters, and some construction in...

In his victory speech on election night, Gov. Tim Walz acknowledged his union backers and the legacy that’s in the name of his party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor. “This is a union state,” he said. Lab...

A former risk manager at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has failed to revive his employment lawsuit against the City watchdog, after claiming he was pushed out of his job for whistlebl...

The year 2022 has emerged as the unofficial Year of Workers' Rights. The unfolding Starbucks unionization saga has been full of highs and lows on both sides but has already led to the successful u...

The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") recently published a proposed rule seeking to revise the test for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit examined whether certain types of employee compensation—shift differentials and holiday premiums—are includable in the “regular ...

In a recent decision in the Eastern District of New York, Walsh v. Community Health Center of Richmond, Inc., et al., 21-CV-3094 (ARR)(TAM), the court held that OSHA has the right to pursue individ...