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Washington State’s Silenced No More Act: What Employers Need to Know - JD Supra
Background Washington state’s Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795, also known as the Silenced No More Act, took effect June 9, 2022, and prohibits nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions t...
Read moreNext on the Chopping Block: In Light of Recent Removals of the Agricultural Exemption from State Wage and Hour Laws, Employers Are Wondering Which Employees Are Exempt and for How Much Longer? - JD Supra
Agricultural employers are often at the mercy of nature which causes constant fluctuations in labor needs. Given the unique nature of the agricultural industry, their workers have historically be...
Read moreNuclear Whistleblowers Protected the Public from Disaster. Now We Must Protect their Right to Speak Up. - Government Accountability Project
Nuclear Whistleblowers Protected the Public from Disaster. Now We Must Protect their Right to Speak Up. A new Netflix documentary released this spring, Meltdown: Three Mile Island, traced how bra...
Read moreHow Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe - BuzzFeed News
After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws brought record productivity. POZNAN, Poland — The first full-day strike at an Amazon warehou...
Read moreA recent case could undermine the rules that have been protecting taxpayer money from fraud since the time of Lincoln - Yahoo Finance
We’re whistleblower lawyers who spend our careers speaking in legalese. But every once in a while, a case comes along that is so alarming, yet so couched in jargon, that an issue of great importa...
Read morePuerto Rico Laws Properly Blocked by Financial Oversight Board - Bloomberg Law
The oversight board created by Congress to help Puerto Rico escape its financial crisis is entitled to block four health-care and public employee leave laws that were adopted by the commonwealth’...
Read moreLabor Law Attorneys Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, File A Class Action Lawsuit Against Donsuemor, Inc., Alleging Failure to Pay All Wages - PR Web
The lawsuit alleges Donsuemor, Inc. violated the California Labor Code by failing to pay employees for all of their time worked. If you would like to know more about the Donsuemor, Inc. lawsuit, ...
Read moreHow a bankruptcy 'innovation' halted thousands of lawsuits from sick plaintiffs - Reuters
Jones Day law partner Greg Gordon pioneered a bankruptcy tactic that has helped companies dodge an onslaught of asbestos-related lawsuits since 2017. REUTERS/Leah Millis Four companies, led by on...
Read moreWhistleblower Martha Ngoye welcomes recommendation to establish Prasa commission - Radio 702
Mandy Weiner chats to Prasa Whistleblower Martha Ngoye on the release of the final state capture report. The fifth and final volume of the state capture report was handed over to President Cyril...
Read moreFalse Claims
JAA’s suppliers failure leads to false claims and more controversy - Jeweller Magazine
News, Editor's Desk Pressure continues to mount on the Jewellers Association of Australia (JAA) concerning its relationship with jewellery industry suppliers and wholesalers. Last month, Jeweller r...