Employment News
Bartender Challenges Initiative 82 Signatures, Marking a Renewed Fight Over the Tipped Minimum Wage - Washington City Paper
There were some early signs that the restaurant industry would lay down its arms in the renewed fight to eliminate the tipped minimum wage. That could be about to change. Valerie Graham, a local ...
Read morePhiladelphia's COVID-19 Paid Leave Ordinance for 2022 and 2023 - Lexology
On March 3, 2022, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s City Council adopted and sent to the mayor (who we expect to sign) Bill # 220051-A, an ordinance requiring covered employers to provide paid “COVID-...
Read moreRussian War Fuels Push To Expand Tax Whistleblower Program - Law360
A bipartisan proposal aimed at strengthening the federal tax whistleblower program has gained traction in Congress as a potential tool to help federal investigators deliver on President Joe Biden'...
Read moreUkraine War Fuels Push To Expand Tax Whistleblower Program - Law360
A bipartisan proposal aimed at strengthening the federal tax whistleblower program has gained traction in Congress as a potential tool to help federal investigators deliver on President Joe Biden'...
Read moreLatino car wash workers win million-dollar settlement in wage theft lawsuit - NorthJersey.com
After years of enduring mental abuse, discrimination and little to no pay, former car wash workers celebrated winning a lawsuit against their employer. The two-year lawsuit against Caribbean Car...
Read moreDeath of DHS official Philip Haney, a whistleblower on terrorism, is ruled a suicide - Daily Mail
A former Department of Homeland Security whistleblower's death two years ago that generated a flurry of right-wing conspiracy theories envisioning a deep-state murder plot was officially ruled a ...
Read moreDo We Have to Pay for That? Part 2—Travel and Commute Time (in a Post-Pandemic World) - JD Supra
In this blog series, we look at a variety of activities and discuss whether an employer has to pay its non-exempt (i.e., overtime-eligible) employees for their time spent engaging in them. We’ll ...
Read moreCFTC Whistleblower Office Accepting Award Applications for Spoofing Case - Whistleblowers Protection Blog
On March 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for enforcement actions charging an Australian-based proprietary trading ...
Read moreTopgolf settles nationwide class-action suit alleging practice of paying below minimum wage - The Dallas Morning News
Topgolf Entertainment Corp. will settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the employer of giving managers incentives to pay employees below minimum wage, according to court filings this week. T...
Read moreFalse Claims
Pentagon spokesperson says claims of US munitions shortage amid Iran war 'false' - report - The Jerusalem Post
"Claims of US munitions shortages are false," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. "America’s military remains the most powerful fighting force on earth. W...