Perhaps the most significant development involving independent contractor compliance and misclassification issues in December 2021 received relatively scant attention: a detailed empirical study ...

Nearly 20 percent of the 100 laws signed by Governor Wolf are to rename roads and bridges. HARRISBURG, Pa. — In 2021, Governor Tom Wolf 'Kept it 100,' which is to say he signed 100 bills into law...

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen made headlines last year after disclosing thousands of documents about the social media giant, and testifying before U.S. senators tha...

Denmark made history last June when it became Europe’s first country to pass a whistleblower protection law to comply with new EU rules. Media outlets, law firms and anti-corruption advocates off...

Joint Employer Lessons From Mass.

From salary and benefits, to the hiring process, to non-compete agreements, an array of new state legislation that affects small businesses in one way or another has taken effect as of the first ...

On January 3, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled “Medical Processes and Communication Protocols Need Improvement at Irwi...

Oregon lawmakers have again proposed extending overtime rights to farmworkers, setting up what could be a contentious fight between farmers and farmworker advocates. Most non-farm hourly workers ...

Getting Japan’s companies to raise wages by 3 percent per year is one of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s declared goals, just as 2 percent annual hikes was a goal for Abe Shinzo before him. And ye...

An investigation of US cotton gins has identified 81% of the 71 cotton gin employers that were investigated between November 2019 and March 2021, violated labour laws within the Fair Labor Standa...