Employment News
Wigle Whiskey to pay $39K in back wages to 41 workers after violating Fair Labor Standards Act - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wigle Whiskey will be required to pay nearly $39,000 in back wages to 41 workers after a federal investigation found that the business had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by requirin...
Read moreGreenberg Traurig's Timothy Long Named Daily Journal Top Labor & Employment Lawyer - Benzinga - Benzinga
Timothy Long, co-managing shareholder of the Sacramento office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was named a Top Labor & Employment Lawyer in California by the Daily Journal. This is...
Read moreThe Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law new labor reform legislation - but its implementation is unclear - Lexology
On June 20, 2022, Governor Pedro Pierluisi signed into law House Bill No. 1244, Act No. 41-2022 (Act No. 41), which amends and partially repeals the Labor Transformation and Flexibilization Act, ...
Read morePittsburgh distillery pays nearly $39K in back wages for improper tip pooling - PGH City Paper
The federal Department of Labor today announced that a Pittsburgh restaurant and distillery has paid back wages to employees to make up for including managers in their tip pool. According to a Ju...
Read moreHomeless nonprofit fires whistleblower - nwLaborPress - Northwest Labor Press
Less than two weeks after its workers voted to unionize, Portland homeless services provider All Good Northwest fired a worker for talking to the Northwest Labor Press and Willamette Week about t...
Read moreWashington cities' push to increase minimum wage has qualified for November ballot - Fox Business
00:00 00:0000:00LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SETTINGS_SPEEDSPEED_NORMAL SETTINGS_AUTOPLAY An initiative to increase the minimum hourly wage in Tukwila, Washington, by more than $3 has qualif...
Read moreCloud Co. Asks 4th Circ. Not To Revive State Law OT Claim - Law360
The Fourth Circuit should ax an ex-sales representative's bid to revive her state claim alleging that she is owed overtime, a cloud computing company told the appellate court, arguing that the...
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The Misinformation Battle: How politics, institutions and national figures were targeted last month - organiser.org
The rapid expansion of digital platforms has transformed the way information reaches citizens, but it has also accelerated the spread of misinformation, manipulated content and fabricated narrativ...