Employment News
Baseball players press lawmakers for minor league labor standards - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Lawmakers in a handful of states are crafting policies to protect a workforce that they say has been exploited by poverty wages, restrictive contracts and onerous federal labor laws: minor league...
Read moreProposed updates to Irish whistleblowing legislation - Lewis Silkin
The Irish Government has published an updated version of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the Bill), which will amend current Irish whistleblowing legislation to strengthen the pr...
Read moreThey work in the halls of power. But Senate dining workers are 'still struggling' - Roll Call
On his busiest days, Oliver Rojas wakes up early, arriving at the Capitol by 6 a.m. to brew coffee before sleepy lawmakers and staffers start their commutes. By midmorning, he’s making the rounds...
Read moreRamadan - reduced working hours and consequences of noncompliance - Lexology
The UAE Labour Law (Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021) and UAE Cabinet Resolution No.1 of 2022 (the UAE Labour Law) applies to all companies and employees in the private sector in the UAE, (excep...
Read moreE-scooters that stop if you speed - Axios
Don't speed, swerve or ride illegally on a sidewalk in one of the new scooters from Superpedestrian — its "Pedestrian Defense" technology will forcibly slow you to a stop if you misbehave. Why it...
Read moreYouTube failed to remove videos glorifying terror says former moderator - The Jewish Chronicle
Moderator says attacks were inspired by videos that he had flagged YouTube routinely ignored warnings from its own moderators to take down antisemitic videos, including some that inspired the Tex...
Read moreBiden's looming prescription drug pricing dilemma - Axios
The decades-long debate over whether the federal government can and should use its legal muscle to lower prescription drug prices may be reaching an inflection point, especially with President Bi...
Read more15-year-old workers used oven at Little Caesars, feds say. Now owners face hefty fines - Charlotte Observer
15-year-old workers used oven at Little Caesars, feds say.
Read moreThe DOL Plans “Vigorous” Enforcement to Protect Employees Working in Logistics - What You Can Do Now to Prepare for More Investigations - Lexology
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) recently announced it was hiring 100 investigators and planned “vigorous” enforcement of wage and hour laws in the warehouse and logi...
Read moreFalse Claims
Sassa shuts down fake claims about grants for foreign nationals - Scrolla.Africa
Sassa says only 1,815 refugees across the country currently get social grants, despite fake numbers shared widely on social media. Police say fake claims about undocumented foreigners getting g...
