Under the SEC Whistleblower Program, the SEC will issue awards to whistleblowers who provide original information that leads to enforcement actions with total monetary sanctions in excess of $1 m...

The California Supreme Court just made things a bit more difficult for employers by lowering the bar and making it easier for disgruntled employees and ex-employees to bring state whistleblower c...

RICHMOND, Va (WSET) — In week three of the General Assembly meeting for its 2022 session, legislators have gotten to work on many bills. Recently, a Senate committee voted to reject Andrew Wheele...

In California and seven other states, and Washington, D.C., some hourly workers, by law, have to be compensated if they report to work only to have their shift cut short. But some hourly workers ...

Summary. This post describes the Governor’s budget assumptions and proposals related to the In‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program and offers relevant issues for Legislative consideration. Ba...

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the quasi-judicial agency tasked with ruling on federal employee whistleblower retaliation cases, has lacked a quorum for over 5 years. Because the Boar...

Donald Trump Jr., Giuliani accused of ‘intimidation’ campaign Smears allegedly ‘sent a message to other potential witnesses’ Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani are defendants in a lawsuit filed...

The U.S. Supreme Court to should review whether a False Claims Act whistleblower’s suit alleging that Executive Health Resources Inc. defrauded Medicare by falsely designating patient admissions ...

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past...

While many employers use the term "1099 employee" as a means to distinguish independent contractors from the company's W-2 employees, no such term exists from a legal standpoint. In fact, in add...