Employment News
Fast food worker caravan coming to Orange County, pushing for AB 257 - OCRegister
Fast-food workers plan to caravan across Orange County on Wednesday, July 27, demanding passage of a bill aimed at protecting them from sexual harassment, wage theft, safety violations and violen...
Read moreLawyers in Individual Syngenta Corn Actions Free of Fraud Suit - Bloomberg Law
Underlying suit alleged commingling of genetically modified corn Appeals court also affirmed monetary sanctions against farmers Law firms and lawyers who represented individual corn farmers tha...
Read moreNYC, Sanitation Agency Biased Against Minorities, Lawsuit Says - Bloomberg Law
New York City and its Department of Sanitation discriminate against and create artificial barriers for minorities and female employees seeking higher-paying positions, former and current sanitati...
Read moreOSHA Heat Illness Prevention Initiative Continues - The National Law Review
As thermometers hit their peak, the White House is touting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) heat illness prevention efforts to “protect millions of workers from heat ill...
Read moreIRS Whistleblower Director Features Whistleblower Program - The National Law Review
On July 21, John Hinman, the recently appointed director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office, wrote a lengthy post for the IRS website’s “A Closer Look” series detailing th...
Read moreMichigan Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Increases - The National Law Review
On July 19, 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims held that two voter-initiated laws that were passed and later amended by the state legislature in 2018 should be restored. If the decision stands, t...
Read moreMaine, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington State Legislatures on Nondislosures - The National Law Review
Disfavour toward employer/employee nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) has been an increasingly popular sentiment expressed by state legislatures over the last few years, and 2022 has seen the trend ...
Read moreVideo Report: Whistleblower Claims FBI, DOJ Downplay Negative Hunter Biden Info - Newsmax
Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., sounds off on the bombshell report from a whistleblower claiming the FBI and the Department of Justice downplayed negative information in the Hunter Biden investi...
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IBM Settles Federal Hiring Practice Allegations: $17M Settlement - News and Statistics - IndexBox
IBM reached a settlement with the federal government on Friday, agreeing to pay roughly $17 million to resolve allegations of illegal diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Acting Attorney Gen...