It is becoming increasingly common that when an employee files suit against their current or former employer, they file not only against the company they worked for day-to-day but also against an...

Q. As a New York employer, what do I need to know about the amendments to New York’s Labor Law regarding whistleblowers? A. Effective January 26, New York State enacted legislation significantly...

A jury unanimously ruled in favor of a former Kentucky State University employee in a whistleblower lawsuit, saying he was protected by the state whistleblower law when he was fired by KSU in 201...

On the heels of the passage of the Working for Workers Act, 2021, Ontario introduced Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88) on February 28, 2022, and carried it at First Reading.1 If pa...

A federal judge in New York last week dismissed most of the charges in a wage-and-hour lawsuit filed by a group of in-house delivery workers for the fast-casual chain Just Salad. Four years ago, ...

The California Supreme Court has resolved an almost twenty-year-old disagreement about which burden-shifting test applies to whistleblower retaliation claims. Since 2003, some courts have applied...

During unprecedented times, the plaintiff’s bar utilizes creative lawyering to achieve justice for our clients. In doing so, we often rely on city and state laws to supplement and fill the gaps i...

Previously those working for the local government for less than five years were exempt from the $15 minimum wage. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — As inflation reaches a 40-year high in the United States, t...

J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo A federal watchdog agency this week formally closed out what it called “totally unsubstantiated” whistleblower allegations of mismanagement under the Trump administra...

Question: As business is increasing, I am starting to hire additional employees. I now have over 20 part-time and full-time employees. I am aware that the minimum wage in California has increased...