The hourly minimum wage in Sunnyvale, California, will rise to $17.95 from $17.10 effective Jan. 1, 2023, according to an Oct. 13 update on the city’s minimum wage website. The minimum wage applies...

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) announced Thursday that the minimum wage for home care aides is increasing. ALBANY, N.Y. — Home care aides will soon see an increase in their paychec...

And a petition instigated by whistleblowers and their supporters also proposes an independent national whistleblowing officer to conduct such investigations in future. The call comes in the wake of...

In 2021, WNN reported on multiple whistleblower complaints regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Emergency Intake Site (EIS) at Fort Bliss, a military base outside of El...

As New York State employers know, there is a requirement to provide Notice of Pay Rate to new employees. Last month, the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) issued an updated sample. Below is ...

On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rule revising the agency’s approach to evaluating independent contractor status under federal ...

NYU Local: Women’s Health: Involuntary Sterilization Then and Now This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower complaints and was published here. Many may think of forced...

Latino workers represent a large and growing share of the U.S. workforce. But even with the highest employment rates in the United States, Latinos face a number of barriers to accessing good jobs ...

A report released Wednesday by the group One Fair Wage identified the corporate interests fueling the campaign against a referendum on Portland’s November ballot to increase the minimum wage and e...

This article is an extract from he Labour and Employment Disputes Review, 5th Edition. Click here for the full guide. I Introduction Early on in the pandemic, many employment lawyers predicted tha...