Employment News
DOL's New Retaliation Focus Requires Employer Vigilance - Law360
It seems that allegations of different types of discrimination or employer wrongdoing run in cycles. There was a time when we saw that claims of racial and ethnic discrimination were in...
Read moreHard Eight BBQ Says Tips Were Given to the Wrong People, Pays $868K to Employees - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
A local barbeque chain paid nearly $900,000 to employees after the U.S. Department of Labor says the staff did not receive their fair share of tips and overtime pay. The restaurant says the issue...
Read moreNinth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Dismissal of Claims as Preempted by NLRA and Class Action Settlement - JD Supra
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on March 18, 2022, applying de novo review, affirmed the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff Cesar Moreno’s wrongful termination claims agains...
Read moreCalif. Forecast: $15.8M Tool Co. Wage Deal Up For Approval - Law360
In the coming week, labor and employment attorneys should watch for a potential resolution in a misclassification suit by hundreds of franchisees against Matco Tools Corp. Here's a look at that...
Read moreUnions' push at Amazon, Apple and Starbucks could be 'most significant moment in the American labor movement' in decades - MarketWatch
After the retail chains that grew tremendously in the 1980s and 1990s avoided unions, current attempts to organize workers at Big Tech and newer chains has the chance to live up to success with ...
Read moreKronos cyber attack sparks lawsuits against employers - BenefitsPro
Like malware and computer viruses themselves, the consequences of cyberbreaches have a way of spreading in unpredictable ways. A recent ransomware attack on third-party payroll and timekeeping so...
Read moreAshley Kalus, candidate for RI governor, seeks mediation with DOH - The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — A lawyer for Republican Ashley Kalus, the Rhode Island newcomer running for governor, is seeking court mediation of Kalus's high-profile contract dispute with the McKee administrati...
Read moreOgletree Deakins Hires Back Ford Harrison Atty In SF - Law360
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Read moreFalse Claims
The rise of state attorneys general in long-term care enforcement - McKnight's Long-Term Care News
In January of 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice reported a record-breaking year for False Claims Act recoveries, with the vast majority related to healthcare. What the DOJ report does not captu...