On January 31, 2022, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill (AB) No. 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act), which would potentially provide...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its intention to hire 100 new investigators in its Wage and Hour Division. Currently at is lowest staffing levels in over a decade, the divis...

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP)–The thousands of people paid to plant corn, pick apples and milk cows in New York often work long days, six days a week ‚<" and earn overtime only after 60 hours of la...

by Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine Pro Vice-Chancellor Graduate Studies & Research The advent of whistleblowing legislation before Parliament, the third attempt, is a welcome initiative. L...

Opposition Leader of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar stated that the Whistleblower Protection Bill, 2022, is a ‘bad law’ that will be struck down the by courts said. During the debate ...

With the opportunity for implementing whistleblower protection legislation on the verge of being squandered on the battlefield of partisan politics, we urge the Government and the Opposition to r...

NORFOLK, Va. - A judge has ordered a Norfolk-based staffing agency to pay more than $7 million in back wages and damages. A federal court entered a judgment ordering Medical Staffing of America L...

In 2021, the California Supreme Court handed down two important decisions, Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC and Ferra v. Loews Hollywood, LLC, that reinforce and refine tried-and-true lessons about m...

On January 27, 2022, in the unanimous decision Wallen Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc., the California Supreme Court (Court) clarified the applicable evidentiary standard for the presen...

The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s office is advocating for overturning Trump-era Board cases defining the scope of National Labor Relations Act-protected activity. In a brief...