Moneybox With a new bill, gig-economy companies aren’t just targeting their own workers. They’re coming for everyone. Ever since Uber and Lyft successfully bankrolled Proposition 22 in Califor...

Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022. After the so-called “vote-a-rama,” that lasted all night and into the morning last Saturday / Sunday, the Senate finally voted to pass the Act through reconciliat...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday released two portals where Nigerians can report incidents of crude oil theft in the country. The two portals which were released by the Nati...

This summer is shaping out to be another scorcher and Washington State employers should know about the Department of Labor & Industries (“LNI”) new emergency requirements for heat and smoke p...

In July 2019, Maryland banned non-compete clauses for employees who earn $15 an hour or $31,200 a year, or less. In 2020, neighboring Virginia passed a law prohibiting non-competes for “low-wage ...

There are a very few people on this earth who can relate to having their home ransacked by the FBI in search of classified documents thought to be held in violation of the Espionage Act. One of t...

While employers across the food sector are starting to establish whistleblowing channels, the industry appears to be slow off the mark in the face of a number of food production scandals, not lea...

On August 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the operator of restaurant franchise locations in Mississippi who made employees pay for their safety training and background...

The Court of Appeal in the recent decision of Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd has upheld a decision that a whistleblower who was dismissed after she made a “protected disclosure” was not ...

A whistleblower reported Medicare fraud happening at an Indiana-based senior citizen residential healthcare company, and the Department of Justice settled with the company for $5.5 million. The w...