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Republican-Led States Sue to Block Federal Contractors' Pay Hike - Bloomberg Law
A group of Republican-led states is suing to block an executive order by President Joe Biden that boosts the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour, accusing him of “social engineeri...
Read moreRepublican-Led States Sue Biden Over Federal Contractor Minimum Wage - Bloomberg
A group of Republican-led states is suing to block an executive order by President Joe Biden that boosts the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour, accusing him of “social engineeri...
Read moreFarmworkers plead for overtime pay as ag industry warns of harmful impacts – Oregon Capital Chronicle - Oregon Capital Chronicle
The two sides testified during a legislative hearing Tuesday night about proposal to require overtime pay for Oregon’s farmworkers Emotional and passionate testimony stretched into the night Tues...
Read moreBurden Shifting: California Supreme Court Settles Confusion Over Section 1102.5 Claims - JD Supra
On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court, in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. (Cal., Jan. 27, 2022) __ P.3d __, 2022 WL 244731, clarified the evidentiary standard for presentin...
Read more‘Whistleblowers are suffering’: Lawyers renew calls to drop Collaery prosecution - Lawyers Weekly - Lawyers Weekly
As Bernard Collaery returns to the ACT Supreme Court for revealing that the federal government spied on neighbour Timor-Leste during tense negotiations, human rights lawyers have once again calle...
Read moreEmployer considerations in a hot talent market -- don't get burned - Reuters
Empty cubicles are seen as the first phase of FMC Corporation employees return to work in the office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo The compan...
Read moreNeoscope: Scientist hired by Biden to cure cancer ousted for abusing employees - Government Accountability Project
Scientist hired by Biden to cure cancer ousted for abusing employees This article features Government Accountability Project’s Of Counsel, David Seide, and was originally published here. Presiden...
Read moreJudge sides with female psychologist in equal pay case - Albany Times Union
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Maine hospital violated the state's equal pay law by paying a female psychologist barely half the wage of her male colleagues. The judge rule...
Read moreJudge Sides With Female Psychologist in Equal Pay Case - U.S. News & World Report
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Maine hospital violated the state's equal pay law by paying a female psychologist barely half the wage of her male colleagues. The judge rule...
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Seoul court upholds NHIS clawback over false claims at Kim Keon-hee family home - CHOSUNBIZ - Chosunbiz
A nursing home run by the family of Kim Keon-hee lost the first trial in a lawsuit seeking to cancel the National Health Insurance Service's disposition to claw back about 1.4 billion won in long-...