Employment News
Senate panel votes down House bill to exempt small businesses from minimum wage - Fauquier Times
Last week, Republicans in the House of Delegates passed a bill to exempt any business with 10 or fewer employees from the state’s minimum wage law. On Monday, Democrats in the Senate voted it dow...
Read moreSenate panel votes down House bill to exempt small businesses from minimum wage - Virginia Mercury
Last week, Republicans in the House of Delegates passed a bill to exempt any business with 10 or fewer employees from the state’s minimum wage law. On Monday, Democrats in the Senate voted it dow...
Read moreVirginia Senate blocks repeal of minimum wage increase - WAVY.com
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia Senate committee voted to kill three proposed repeals of a planned minimum wage increase on Monday, thwarting a major Republican legislative priority. Under curr...
Read moreVirginia Senate blocks repeal of minimum wage increase - 8News
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia Senate committee voted to kill three proposed repeals of a planned minimum wage increase on Monday, thwarting a major Republican legislative priority. Under curr...
Read moreRaising the Bar on Blowing the Whistle: China's New Whistleblower Rewards Measures Provide Additional Incentives (and Controls) for Whistleblowing - Lexology
Synopsis China’s new Whistleblower Rewards Measures provides up to RMB1 million (approx. USD157,000) in rewards for the reporting of major violations of China’s various market conduct regulations...
Read moreArizona GOP lawmakers want voters to standardize minimum wage - Your Valley
Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, said that he sees nothing wrong in allowing voters from other communities that don’t have their own local ordinances on wages and other labor issues to override wh...
Read moreEnsure your business is compliant with 2022's new legal changes - Chicago Daily Herald
As if navigating Omicron spikes and OSHA's on-again, off-again vaccine mandate was not enough for employers, 2021 and 2022 marked significant changes in the legal landscape for Illinois businesse...
Read moreUPDATE: California Releases Guidance and Required Notices for 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave - JD Supra
For a more general description of the new law, please see our previous alert. On the eve of enforcement, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) released FAQs and the required po...
Read morePeterbilt asks court to dismiss suit over fired Denton whistleblower - Denton Record Chronicle
Paccar has asked the court to dismiss the U.S. Department of Labor's lawsuit against subsidiary Peterbilt for allegedly terminating an employee in retaliation for sharing concerns about a lack of...
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US court slashes Alex Jones fines for Sandy Hook school shooting case - Al Jazeera
A court in the US state of Texas has slashed a fine that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay for capitalising on false claims that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass s...