Employment News
Los Angeles Health Care Workers Receive Minimum Wage Increase - The National Law Review
On July 8, 2022, Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance. The ordinance imposes on covered employers a minimum wage of $25.00 for qualifying healthcare workers wh...
Read moreHospital Wage-Docking Suit Right For State Court, Judge Says - Law360
A Washington federal judge has sent a dispute between a hospital network and its workers' unions over paycheck deductions back to state court, ruling that the unions' claims aren't preempted by...
Read moreDid Michigan’s minimum wage just rise to $12-an-hour because of a court ruling? - MLive.com
A Tuesday evening Michigan Court of Claims decision ruled the state legislature unlawfully softened a 2018 ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage and require earned paid sick leave when it e...
Read moreOhio's “New” Overtime Pay Law - Lexology
Ohio Senate Bill 47 (SB 47) took effect on July 6, 2022. This law does not break any new ground, but rather aligns Ohio’s overtime pay requirements with similar provisions of the Fair Labor Stand...
Read moreOregon Supreme Court Affirms Enforceability of Arbitration Provision - SHRM
On July 8, in Gist v. ZoAn Management, the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the trial court and court of appeals, granting the defendants' motion to compel arbitration. The court co...
Read moreFurther Review Finds More at Stake in Whistleblower’s Disclosure - FEDweek
An investigation by the Treasury Department IG’s office has found that some $473 million was at stake in a whistleblower’s disclosure about a software flaw that had left some debts owed to the go...
Read moreWest Hollywood Raises Minimum Wage and Requires Paid Leave - The National Law Review
Paid Time Off Requirements As of July 1, 2022, West Hollywood, California, home to the famous Sunset Strip and Melrose shopping district, is now one of a handful of cities in California that requ...
Read moreBiogen agrees to pay $900 million to settle whistleblower case alleging kickbacks and sham speaking events - STAT
fter a decade of legal squabbling, Biogen has agreed in principle to pay $900 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former employee who alleged the company paid kickbacks to hundreds of physicia...
Read moreRaytheon Whistleblower Keeps $1 Million Jury Win in Appeal - Bloomberg Law
A jury properly awarded a former Raytheon Co. engineer $1,043,000 for the contractor’s violation of the Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act, the Tenth Circuit affirmed Wednesday. Bruc...
Read moreFalse Claims
UK insurers flagged fewer fake claims, but blocked $1.77 billion in bigger payouts - The Cool Down
In 2025, U.K. insurers found fewer bogus claims than in 2024, but the cases they intercepted tended to involve more money. According to The Independent, insurers stopped 1.34 billion (about $1.77 ...
