Employment News
Whistleblower Directive not yet implemented in Germany: what now? - Lexology
Written by: Lena Fersch, Kliemt.HR Lawyers The deadline for implementing the Whistleblower Directive expired on 17 December 2021 and Germany has not yet done so. What does this mean for employers...
Read moreFormer Minnesota pollution control agency employee files whistleblower lawsuit - KSTP
Mark Toso spent nearly 30 years working as a hydrogeologist at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency where he also managed the agency’s Petroleum Remediation Program which cleans up sites across...
Read moreMeridian City Council approves increase of pay bands for MPD and city workers - WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The Meridian City Council came to an agreement to raise pay bands for certified law enforcement and city workers. The council had recently come to an agreement to an incre...
Read moreSEC Proposes Changes To Whistleblower Program Rules - Corporate/Commercial Law - United States - Mondaq News Alerts
On February 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed two amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program, Exchange Act Rules 21F-3 and 6. "These amendments, if adopted...
Read moreDismissed a decade ago, Mumbai Port Trust whistleblower fights for justice - Mid-Day
Fifty-seven-year-old claims his superiors at MbPT removed him through an arbitrary decision on frivolous charges back in the year 2009; Bombay High Court to hear the matter soon Suryakant Shinde ...
Read moreOur View: New law unlikely to protect whistleblowers from people who want to harm them - Cyprus Mail
A few weeks ago, the legislature approved law that will protect whistleblowers. Under the law, private and public organisations as well as public authorities have a legal obligation to safeguard ...
Read moreUnion Attys See NLRB Partnerships As Boon For Workers - Law360
Attorneys who represent workers and unions are hopeful that new initiatives the National Labor Relations Board has launched to share information and cooperate with other federal agencies will incr...
Read moreGiglio: Reject 40-hour threshold for OT for farm workers - Olean Times Herald
ALBANY — Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio joined Tuesday with Assembly Republican colleagues, farmers and agricultural advocates calling for the governor and state labor commissioner to reject a redu...
Read moreNew York's whistleblower law expansion offers increased protection from retaliation - Westfair Online
Retaliation is hardly a new concept for workers in New York. From key soldiers in New York’s infamous Corleone family, to employees in the administration of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, we ...
Read moreFalse Claims
Owners ‘falsely claim that pets are sick to get attention from vets’ - The Times
A study suggests a form of Munchausen syndrome by proxy may be driving some owners to invent symptoms or deliberately harm their animals Cat and dog owners making false claims that their animals ar...