Overtime standards in Virginia will return to federal standards beginning July 1, 2022. On July 1, 2021, the Virginia Overtime Wage Act (VOWA) went into effect, significantly deviating the state’...

The New York City Commission on Human Rights recently issued its first round of guidance regarding the new salary transparency law scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2022. As we previously repor...

The Defense Department illegally retaliated against a whistleblower who applied for a civilian job after her husband was killed in action in Iraq and the Air Force disposed of his cremated remain...

Speed Read On 7 April 2022, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) introduced a new whistleblowing regime (the Regime). The Regime has significant parallels with that enforced in the Unit...

A largely under-the-radar probe of the corporate culture of Santa Monica-based video game producer Activision Blizzard by the State of California’s top employment watchdog has prompted one of the...

There are whistleblower lawyers. But whistleblower lawyers who specialize in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – do they exist? We didn’t think so until we ran into John Joy. Joy spent sev...

Blue Diamond Growers Inc. convinced a federal judge in California to dismiss Fair Labor Standards Act and California wage and hour claims brought by a group of workers at its almond processing pl...

H-2A visa program laws, defending the constitutionality of an interagency administrative enforcement process. The request would leave in place a fine inked by a DOL administrative law judge and a...

On March 30, 2022, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed legislation, Senate Bill 22-050, that requires private employers administering work programs in coordination with the Department of Correcti...