Employment News
It’s one of the worst times in recent history to be an Ontario worker. What the province needs to do to fix this - Toronto Star
As the provincial election draws near, a new report outlines gaps in workplace laws that need to be addressed to improve the lives of workers. As a Scarborough mom of three, Purnima Chowdhury is ...
Read morePhumzile Van Damme to Elon Musk: 'Grant anonymity to whistle-blowers but not peddlers of disinformation' - TimesLIVE
Phumzile Van Damme says social media platform Twitter should protect users who are whistle-blowers by granting them anonymity but not peddlers of hate speech and disinformation. The former DA MP ...
Read moreGovConPay Announces New Technology Solution with FCE Benefits Administrators, Inc. at Unanet Champions Conference to Help Keep GovCons Compliant - Digital Journal
WASHINGTON, DC, May 03, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ — GovConPay, the sole provider of outsourced payroll and HR technology solutions solely dedicated to the contractor marketplace, has partnered with...
Read moreGermany's new draft Whistleblower Protection Act - Lexology
The deadline for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive expired in December 2021 yet Germany still lacks an implementation law. In mid-April, the Federal Ministry of Justice published a dra...
Read moreMassachusetts High Court Issues Three Major Wage and Hour Decisions - Lexology
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued three decisions with significant implications for employers in the commonwealth, holding that (1) when an employer pays wages to an employ...
Read moreFormer DeKalb Schools COO files whistleblower lawsuit, alleges retaliation by former superintendent - Decaturish.com
This story has been updated. DeKalb County, GA — The former chief operating officer of DeKalb County Schools in March filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the district, alleging he was terminat...
Read moreDancers Nab Collective Cert. In Strip Club Min. Wage Suit - Law360
A dancer was awarded conditional collective certification Monday in her suit against a strip club, alleging the business misclassified her and other dancers as independent contractors to avoid pay...
Read moreCelebrating 100 years: The role of English-language media - The Mainichi - The Mainichi
English websites are important for foreigners to be aware of social problems that cannot be solved by Japan alone. Especially in Japan, there are many cases where social problems that cannot be s...
Read moreLos Angeles housekeepers seek wage hikes, enhanced security safeguards - Long Beach Press Telegram
Dozens of Los Angeles housekeepers and other hotel workers delivered petitions to the City Clerk’s office Monday that call for pay hikes and increased safety measures to protect them from sexual ...
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3 Buffalo-Area Nursing Homes to Pay $9 Million After Admitting Medicaid and Medicare Fraud - savingadvice.com
Three nursing homes in the Buffalo, New York region will pay a combined $9 million to settle allegations that they submitted tens of thousands of fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare over se...