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Honoring and protecting farmworkers, always essential - Norwalk Reflector
The U.S. Department of Labor joins others during National Farmworker Awareness Week to honor farmworkers across the country. Our Wage and Hour Division has prioritized agricultural stakeholders t...
Read moreMass. 7-Eleven Ruling May Threaten Some Franchise Models - Law360
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Read moreSkill, training gaps are obstacles for NYS cannabis workforce - NEWS10 ABC
ALBANY, N.Y. (CORNELL) — Lack of training and skills, as well as insufficient awareness of career opportunities, are two of the largest obstacles to achieving social equity in the adult-use marke...
Read moreSafeway Defeats Whistleblower's Drug Pricing Fraud Appeal - Bloomberg Law
Safeway Inc. defeated a whistleblower’s attempt to reinstate his False Claims Act suit alleging that the company overcharged federal health-care programs for prescription drugs, the Seventh Circu...
Read moreCourt orders Ohio promotional products company to pay $189K in back wages, damages to workers - The Highland County Press
A federal judge ordered American Made Bags LLC in Akron and its owner to pay a total of $189,756 – $94,893 in back wages and an equal amount in damages – to 48 employees after two separate feder...
Read moreBetter Cybercrime Metrics Act Passes US Senate, House of Reps - The National Law Review
After passage by the Senate in December, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act in a 377-48 vote last week. As the latest version of the bill states, “The Unit...
Read moreAmazon Wins Bid To Arbitrate Delivery Driver's NJ Wage Suit - Law360
By Jeannie O'Sullivan (April 5, 2022, 2:25 PM EDT) -- A New Jersey federal judge granted an Amazon affiliate's bid to resolve a driver's wage lawsuit out of court, ruling that the worker's employ...
Read moreWorkers Comp Denied for Employee injured After Clocking Out - The National Law Review
A recent decision by the First District Court of Appeal reversing workers’ compensation coverage for injuries sustained by an employee while driving a company vehicle for an HVAC company illustra...
Read moreAsk the Lawyer: When asserting your right to overtime results in retaliation by employer - The Macomb Daily
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Maui County’s top prosecutor denies police chief’s claims that mayor is under criminal investigation - Maui Now
Maui Police Chief John Pelletier’s claims that Mayor Richard Bissen is under criminal investigation are false allegations “in service of a political fight,” Maui County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew ...