Today we start a new series of posts tackling the vexed area of workplace investigations. We will look at the background law, of which there is very little, and at best practice guidance, of whic...

Dec. 8—The county's minimum wage is set to rise to $16 per hour by 2026 after the Howard County Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday in support of legislation introduced by members Opel Jones and Christi...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A US Dept. of Labor investigation found that an Irving IT company illegally withheld payments from an H-1B visa worker and recovered over $64,000 in wages. According to a US...

The highlights of independent contractor legal developments in November 2021 focus on interstate transportation workers. Questions addressed by the courts last month included whether ride-sharing...

As Congress seeks solutions to a supply chain crisis that’s leaving shelves empty and consumers frustrated this holiday season, one suggestion keeps recurring: Address the trucker shortage. The A...

A former Tesla (TSLA) quality engineer turned whistleblower says the electric car maker has known for at least four years that some of its solar panels could catch fire but failed to disclose or ...

DALLAS – An information technology services company in Irving hired a system analyst under the H-1B visa program, then failed to use and pay the worker the required prevailing wage for non-produc...

NEW YORK – A 17-year-old employee of a Bronx Chuck E. Cheese/Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings restaurant set up, operated and cleaned a power-driven dough mixer – all in violation of federal child l...

The U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation into Tesla Inc. over a whistleblower complaint that the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks a...

Thousands of employers operating in California have the unfortunate experience of defending a lawsuit filed under California’s infamous Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Data from the state’s...