ORLANDO, FL – Employers cannot avoid paying overtime by simply putting employees on a salary, a costly lesson learned by a Florida equipment rental company after a U.S. Department of Labor invest...

The European Commission has today (4 March) rolled out a whistleblower tool to facilitate the reporting of possible sanctions violations. This is a secure online platform, which whistleblowers fr...

Q. As a New York employer, what do I need to know about the amendments to New York’s Labor Law regarding whistleblowers? A. Effective January 26, New York State enacted legislation significantly...

During the first State of the Union address with both houses of Congress present since the pandemic began, President Biden made brief references to his ambitious workplace law agenda, touching on...

Tensions have emerged at the Public Accounts Committee after it was presented with an “ultra establishment” civil service-prepared press statement admonishing whistleblower Shane Corr. On Thursda...

KANSAS CITY, MO – After long days spent toiling in fields under a hot Missouri sun, immigrant workers returned to what was once a county jail where their employer housed them in unsanitary living...

On February 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted five new Notices of Covered Actions (NoCAs). Each NoCA relates to a successful enforcement act...

In April 2020, Manuela Sepulveda, a home health aide in Chicago, informed her employer that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and needed to quarantine for two weeks to ensure her health and pr...

Employee...or Independent Contractor? Many logistics companies "engage" individuals to work for them, classifying them as independent contractors rather than employees. The nuanced distinctions b...

The minimum wage is a sort of litmus test. And not only for economists. For social justice advocates, too. Forget, for a moment, the economics of it. In essence, minimum wage legislation imposes ...