Employees making minimum wage in Michigan will get a slight raise in 2022. Michigan’s minimum wage rate will increase to $9.87 on January 1, 2022, an increase from the current $9.65. Michigan’s I...

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In its 2021 annual report to Congress on its whistleblower program, the Securities and Exchange Commission proudly touted its continuing success in encouraging and rewarding individuals for blowi...

A bill that institutes whistleblower reward programs for individuals exposing animal trafficking and other wildlife crimes was recently reintroduced in Congress. Representatives John Garamendi (D...

HOUSTON – A federal whistleblower investigation led OSHA to order a Houston mobile crane rental company to pay a former employee nearly $24,000 in back wages, interest, and damages after firing t...

On Oct. 28, 2021, Gov. [Kathy] Hochul signed legislation that significantly expands the scope of New York Labor Law Section 740 (NYLL 740), the state’s “whistleblower” protection law covering all...

The full Eleventh Circuit won't reexamine a split panel decision that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor that organizes deportation flights needed to include meal breaks in its ...

With headlines practically blinking red with warnings about a labor shortage, there’s a lot of talk about what the American worker is owed. I think honesty is a good place to start. We do have an...

A former employee in the public health division of the Oregon Health Authority who spearheaded a campaign against a relatively rare occupational lung disease is suing the agency, alleging discrim...