It has been an interesting last couple weeks for ballot initiatives. First, the disheartening news: last month, the State Board of Canvassers declined to certify the signatures for a ballot propo...

As most employers are aware, Nevada has a two-tier minimum wage system, depending on whether the employer offers qualifying health benefits. Following Assembly Bill 456 (passed by the Nevada Legi...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi franchise operator of five chain chicken wing restaurants was illegally deducting money from workers’ wages and violated child labor regulations, according to...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi franchise operator of five chain chicken wing restaurants was illegally deducting money from workers’ wages and violated child labor regulations, according to...

By Whitney R. Brown - Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C. California: every joke that could be made about this state, particularly its pro-plaintiff laws and regulations, has already ...

More than 15,000 Minnesota nurses have signed off on strikes at 15 hospitals across seven different health systems, according to announcements from their union. The Minnesota Nurses Association s...

Pursuant to two voter initiatives, Michigan has a new minimum wage of $12 per hour, as well as a requirement that employees be provided up to 72 hours of paid sick leave – but those changes will ...

William Henck, a former Internal Revenue Service lawyer who was forced out after making allegations of internal malfeasance, said the government will target middle-income Americans with new audit...

The outbreak of monkeypox shows that workers need protections like paid leave and just cause to help protect public health. As of early this week, over 11,000 cases of monkeypox have been reporte...

Fast food franchises that make employees pay for safety training, background checks and their own uniforms? Ignoring child labor law? And don’t even think about being short on the register. The U...