Employment News
Livonia company ordered to pay $61,555 in back pay after Department of Labor investigation - Hometown Life
A Livonia company was ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay more than $61,000 in back wages after an investigation determined dozens of employees were not paid correctly. According a ne...
Read moreFederal Appeals Courts Add to Employers’ Confusion by Disagreeing on Whether to Dismiss Out-of-State Plaintiffs in FLSA Collective Actions - JD Supra
Over the past several years, many federal courts have weighed in on whether a key Supreme Court decision requires them to dismiss non-resident opt-in plaintiffs in federal wage and hour collectiv...
Read moreContributing-Factor Standard Applicable to Whistleblower Retaliation - The National Law Review
On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court settled an inconsistency that has divided the courts of appeal with respect to the proper evidentiary standard for whistleblower retaliation clai...
Read more1 in 4 Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft, New Survey Finds - In These Times
A stunning 24% of workers in the temp industry say they have had their wages stolen from them by their employers, according to a survey, released Feb. 3, that examines cycles of poverty and preca...
Read moreCMC whistleblower to get $570000 payout; was one of hospital's top doctors in 2010s - The Union Leader
The former Catholic Medical Center cardiologist who blew the whistle on his employer will receive $570,000 for disclosing a kickback scheme connected to the hospital, according to the settlement ...
Read moreFormer enforcement company employee claims he was sacked for being a whistleblower over BAME targeting - Yellow Advertiser
A company hired by London councils to issue fines has denied instructing staff to target ethnic minorities because they are less likely to appeal. A former employee of Kingdom LA told an employme...
Read moreU.S. SEC proposes changes to whistleblower program to capture more tipsters - WTVB News
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday proposed changing the rules of its whistleblower program to make it easier for tipsters to claim ...
Read morePaxton Sues Biden Admin for Unconstitutional, Illegal Minimum Wage Hike for Federal Contractors - texasattorneygeneral.gov
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration for unilaterally and unlawfully imposing an increase in the minimum wage for all federal contractors by executive order. The presiden...
Read moreRemote & Alternative Work Arrangements - Strategies for Success and Reducing Risk - JD Supra
Let’s face it: remote, hybrid, and alternative work arrangements are here to stay. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Though many employers already had accepted and adopted remote, hybrid, and a...
Read moreFalse Claims
Court cuts payout over false claims on Sandy Hook - The Canberra Times
A US court has slashed a $50 million judgement that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that the mass...